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Last homeless Sandy victims to be evicted from NY city-funded hotel rooms
Source: Reuters
Last homeless Sandy victims to be evicted from NY city-funded hotel rooms
By Victoria Cavaliere
NEW YORK | Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - Roughly 300 New Yorkers still living in hotels paid for by the city after being left homeless by Superstorm Sandy will be forced to vacate their rooms this week after a judge ruled the program was too costly to continue.
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Most of those who still remain in the Hotel and Interim Placement Program, which was funded by the city with the costs reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are awaiting repairs to their homes or trying to find public housing assistance.
FEMA has said it will not make any additional reimbursements past Monday.
Without the financial support of FEMA, State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan ruled the city does not have "a budgeted source of funds" to continue running the hotel program.
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By Victoria Cavaliere
NEW YORK | Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:40pm EDT
(Reuters) - Roughly 300 New Yorkers still living in hotels paid for by the city after being left homeless by Superstorm Sandy will be forced to vacate their rooms this week after a judge ruled the program was too costly to continue.
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Most of those who still remain in the Hotel and Interim Placement Program, which was funded by the city with the costs reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are awaiting repairs to their homes or trying to find public housing assistance.
FEMA has said it will not make any additional reimbursements past Monday.
Without the financial support of FEMA, State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan ruled the city does not have "a budgeted source of funds" to continue running the hotel program.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/30/us-usa-superstormsandy-hotels-idUSBRE98T15H20130930