Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams on Mayor Adams’ Administration Handling of NYC Health + Hospitals Just Home Housing Proposal and Public Hearing

Today, the Council's Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Dispositions held a hearing on NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi's Just Home proposal to provide permanent housing and supportive, wrap-around services for New Yorkers with complex medical needs who would otherwise experience homelessness after leaving the justice system. In response to reports that First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro ordered New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H) officials not to testify at the hearing on its own land use application, the second public hearing this week where agencies were absent, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams issued the following statement.

"Mayor Adams' administration once again blocking city agencies from testifying at a public hearing is an insult to New Yorkers and our local democracy. Requesting a date change less than 24 hours before a scheduled hearing is disrespectful to the public. Mayor Adams and Randy Mastro appear to be once again seeking to block affordable housing, while advancing their misleading ballot proposals to take away communities' power that secures more affordable housing and investments for neighborhoods."

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