REMARKS
Shahana Hanif on how the administration is unwilling to describe the conditions of the waiting rooms
2:20:34
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Council Member Shahana Hanif criticizes the administration's refusal to address the deplorable conditions of waiting rooms for homeless individuals.
- Hanif describes witnessing individuals with untreated injuries due to lack of medical care.
- She notes the absence of basic amenities like beds, emphasizing the administration's disinterest in improving conditions.
- The council member suggests the administration intends to make conditions untenable to force people to leave.
- Hanif warns of a rising wave of exploitation among the homeless population that needs addressing.
Shahana Hanif
2:20:34
So I just wanna name how indicative it is that the administration is unwilling to describe the conditions of the waiting rooms I I've been on the the site of the line at Saint Brigids and had asked about the waiting room and had even witnessed some of the the individuals who had been sleeping in in some of these waiting rooms and had, like, scars on their bodies because they hadn't showered for days and had no access to medical care.
2:21:06
No beds or pots, just like whatever space they could find and a mass, and sleep in whatever position they can.
2:21:15
And your unwillingness to provide a yes or no answer is is very telling.
2:21:21
And I think as an administration, even if the answer is No.
2:21:25
There are no beds.
2:21:25
That should be the answer.
2:21:29
You could easily set these up, but you're trying to make things as an untenable, as possible for these folks so they leave.
2:21:37
And we are we are certainly witnessing some of that.
2:21:40
But we are also experience seeing and experiencing the exploitation.
2:21:46
A wave of exploitation that is gonna increase, and then we'll have to we'll have to address that as well.
2:21:54
Thank you so much.