About 300 people will be required to move by Oct. 4, a spokeswoman for the New York City Department of Homeless Services said. Social workers will help them find a place with relatives or in shelters.
The program, which at a cost of over $ 70 million has served more than 3,000 people displaced by the hurricane last October, had been paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. That financing will end on Monday, and according to the ruling handed down by the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, the city “does not have budgeted funds” to continue it.
Continuing the program would cost $ 2 million a month, according to the city.
The move will affect “vulnerable Sandy evacuees who are so close to finding permanent housing,” said Judith Goldiner, a lawyer for the evacuees. She said on Friday that it was not yet clear what legal options remained.
Earlier this week, as lawyers for the city and the evacuees clashed in court, victims spoke of their predicament.
Nicole Neal, 39, staying at a Holiday Inn in Brooklyn, had been homeless before getting an apartment in Far Rockaway, Queens, that was left uninhabitable by the storm. Ms. Neal said she was “not going” to another shelter. “I’ve been there and done that,” she said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I don’t want to think about it.”
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