A group of Lower East Side residents and businesses sued the city for trying to prevent them from opening a homeless shelter in their neighborhood, pleading for their case to be dismissed, court papers show.
In January, Manhattan locals asked a judge to stop opening a temporary homeless shelter at the Blue Moon Hotel, arguing that the plan would pack into the area and possibly spread the COVID-19 outbreak to the area.
But a judge dismissed the suit last month, saying the plaintiff did not have the legal standing to challenge the city’s contract for asylum because they did not bid on it and could not prove that they Beyond members of the general public were negatively affected. – An essential legal requirement.
The group on Thursday filed an appeal of the judgment claiming that they actually stand legally due to being close to the hotel and will incur irreparable harm if it opens, “especially amid the COVID-19 epidemic. In, ”the appeal reads.
The city sought to open the shelter at the 100 Orchard St. location to help ease congestion among the city’s homeless-sheltered population during the epidemic.
The lawsuit argued that quarters close to the former building in a 22-room room could be risky amid the epidemic.
And locals claimed that the city would extend the temporary contract, eventually making the shelter permanent, with the normally needed review process finally around.
The city has since made a more detailed plan as to how it would protect coronaviruses from spreading on site using only 46 beds. It also states that it will apply to wearing masks in common areas, testing residents and employees for viruses and raising their temperature upon entering the building.
The city’s Law Department and Department of Homeless Services did not immediately return requests for comment.
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