| In Lawsuit against NYC
Homeless Sweeps Proposed Quiet
Deal Carves Out Power Tap Ins
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 30 – 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
On December 30
the parties submitted a
proposed order that while
providing some protections
would provide for no-notice
ousters if tap in to power
lines are alleged, and that
plaintiffs will get notices
but "will not broadly
disseminate copies of the
notices, including by posting
them on public forums."
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