Shelter Residents Criticize Mayor De Blasio's Decision To Move Them Out Of Upper West Side

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Mirela Iverac
WNYC News | Sep 9, 2020

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he decided the men should be moved out of the Lucerne Hotel after seeing what he described as unacceptable conditions on the Upper West Side, but some shelter residents said he caved to community pressure.

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