TESTIMONY
Chris Mann on the Impact of the 30-60 Day Rule Policies on Homeless Families in NYC
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Chris Mann, Assistant Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at WIN NYC, testifies on the harmful effects of the 30-60 day rule policies on families experiencing homelessness, particularly on children.
- WIN NYC is the largest shelter provider for homeless families in New York and nationwide, serving around 7,000 people nightly, including over 3,600 children.
- Mann criticizes Mayor Adams' policies for undermining the right to shelter, which has led to forced evictions of thousands of homeless New Yorkers and migrants.
- He underscores the importance of protecting the right to shelter, citing that 80% of New Yorkers support this right.
- Mann advocates for legislation to ban the 30-60 day rules and emphasizes housing as the essential solution to homelessness.
Chris Mann
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Good afternoon.
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Thank you, deputy speaker, for having this really important hearing today.
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My name is Chris Mann.
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I'm the assistant vice president of policy and advocacy at Wynn.
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We're the largest provider of shelter for families experiencing homelessness in New York and also the nation.
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We serve around 7000 people every night, including more than 36100 children.
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And through through all of this, I I always try to remind people that 75% of the the new arrivals that are coming are families with children.
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So these 30 60 day rule of policies are having a direct impact, not just on single adults, which is egregious, but particularly on children.
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Winds proud to provide shelter for families in need, helping to satisfy the city's rights shelter since its inception 4 decades ago.
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The right to shelter has prevented nearly a million people from having to sleep on the streets.
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We know that our right to shelter sets us apart from other cities and we should be proud of that.
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We should be protecting that.
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And we also know it's popular in a in a poll commissioned by Wynn and the New York immigration commission coalition, we found that 80% of New Yorkers support the right to shelter.
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So it's it's not just humane, but it's also supported by a very large majority of New Yorkers.
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Unfortunately, mayor Adams eroded the right to shelter by implementing the 30 60 day policies.
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Because of these forceful evictions, 1000 of homeless New Yorkers and migrants have been evicted from shelter and forced onto the streets.
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We know what these policies do They ripped children out of their schools.
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They disconnect families from the support networks that they built, and they forced people onto the streets.
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All during the the coldest months of the year.
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Right now, there are over 4000 people waiting for a shelter placement and more than a thousand people on the street as a result of these policies.
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We're proud to support council member, Henif's legislation, intro 210, that would ban the 30 60 day rules.
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And I'll end by saying, the only answer to mitigating homelessness is housing.
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We need to implement the city thefts.
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Expansion that you all passed this summer, get faith based shelter, beds online, make sure that people have legal ability to work.
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So that they can really thrive here.
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Thank you.