PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Barbara Menny, Member of the Public, on Homelessness and Housing Challenges
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Barbara Menny, a member of the public, shares her personal struggle with homelessness since 2018 and the challenges her family faces in finding affordable housing in New York City. She expresses support for housing developers while highlighting the difficulties in accessing new apartments due to her family's circumstances.
- Menny has been homeless with her two children since June 2018 due to issues with their previous apartment.
- She has a 26-year-old child with severe mental disabilities and type 2 diabetes, currently living in a shelter with no income.
- Despite having a Section 8 voucher in the past, Menny's family has been unable to secure housing, with applications for new apartments being consistently denied.
Barbara Menny
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Good morning.
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My name is Barbara Menon.
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Thank you for giving me this opportunity to come here and talk to you.
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For about 32 years, I've never been to city hall.
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This is my second time.
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I have 2 children and are homeless.
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We've been homeless since June 2018.
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We became homeless because of the apartment that we were living with, unbelievable, so the city moved us to shelter.
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So after trying so many years, we couldn't find place.
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And we've been homeless, you know, moving from state to state, continent to continent.
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I support what the developers, housing developers, Daniel, developing housing doing.
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But in the meantime, my problem is back in 2017 when we became homeless, every new apartment that was built, our applications was denied.
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I have a very twenty six year old mentally, severe, disabled, and also have type 2 currently in a in a so in a shelter and have no income.
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Have no income.
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So I need, you know, the city to help us.
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We had a section 8.
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Right now, we don't know who is using the section 8.
