New York has a rule, on paper, called “fair share.” It says every neighborhood is supposed to carry its portion of the things nobody wants on their block, including homeless shelters, so that the same working-class areas do not absorb all of them. Fourteen residents of Sunset Park and Greenwood Heights are now in court arguing the city broke its own rule.
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This new shelter would make 11 in Sunset Park. Now 14 residents are suing to stop it.
Fourteen Sunset Park residents are suing the city to block a new 200-bed homeless shelter, arguing the neighborhood already hosts 11 shelters and the city violated its own fair-share policy. Brooklyn.
This new shelter would make 11 in Sunset Park. Now 14 residents are suing to stop it.
Fourteen Sunset Park residents are suing the city to block a new 200-bed homeless shelter, arguing the neighborhood already hosts 11 shelters and the city violated its own fair-share policy. Brooklyn.
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