Introduction

There have been calls early on to deal with shelters and try to didensify them. And so 13 thousand adults have been moved to hotels, ave been moved from shelters to hotels over the course of the pandemic. The stories have focused mainly on the upper west side, where 730 adults removed to four hotels,. A founding of a facebook group a resisting that change, with some eight thousand members, a lawsuit. We're also joined by melissa sanchez, who is a member of the upper west Side open hearts initiative.