Brooklyn was being asked to deal with a problem because the Upper West Side had refused to.
‘So dump them in outer boroughs and out of sight from everyone in Manhattan (wealthy friends and tourists get a bonus). Great plan,’ one Twitter user wrote.
‘How about affordable housing for working families instead of Bowery-style flophouses that will become a blight on neighborhoods. Idiotic,’ another tweeted.
GOP city hall candidate Curtis Silwa, who has continuously slammed De Blasio and Adams, also voiced his opinion online.
‘Wonder how many friends of Eric Adams are hotel owners who are going to benefit from this like when his good friend Bill deBlasio converted hotels into homeless shelters which meant a BIG payout to his contributors’, Silwa said.
Silwa took to the Upper West Side with his Guardian Angel Group in the summer of 2020 after the homeless population took residence.
Adams, however, has said that the use of former hotels for shelters is economically cheaper as the city does not have to spend money for construction on vacant properties.
