Extra: NYC Homeless Sweeps Are Sued With Survival Belongings Being Confiscated Is Cited in SDNY

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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 27 – The City of New York's "homeless sweeps" have been sued, and gave rise to a court hearing on December 27 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge John G. Koeltl. Inner City Press' reporter was the only media - the only person - in the courtroom gallery, thread:

Judge: I got papers at 7 on Dec 23. One of the affidavits is from November. This is no way to proceed. Litigation is not a game. There are significant interests on both sides.

Judge: The State AG has written in asserting the 11th Amendment. The City hasn't answered in any way.

City's lawyer: We give 48 to 96 hours notice for a standard clean-up, 14 days only for "perenniel encampments." There's been a typo in our policy.

Plaintiffs' lawyer: 50 people died in December a couple of years ago - Judge: You may be preventing DHS intervention Plaintiffs' lawyer: The City should not be confiscating survival belongings.

[Judge took a 15 minute break that turned into 35 minutes

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