Andrew Cuomo’s executive action allows the ‘involuntary placement’ of homeless people in shelters – but ‘we’d rather deal with the freezing cold’A controversial measure that may force current York’s homeless into shelters during cold weather has not been well received by the people it’s meant to protect,and has civil libertarians concerned about its possible overreach.“The governor is going about it the incorrect way. It’s not going to work. You can demand any one of us, said Amy Kaufman, or a homeless woman who has slept in current York’s financial district for most of the past two years.
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Source: theguardian.com