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Testimony by Sharon Brown, Member of the Public

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Sharon Brown testifies about the ongoing issues with food quality in NYC shelters and proposes solutions to improve the situation for shelter residents. She expresses frustration that previous hearings on the same topic have not led to significant improvements.

Suggests using available funds to move people directly into apartments and houses instead of shelters
Recommends providing individual refrigerators in shelters and increasing food allowances for residents
Calls for immediate action to implement restaurant and hot food allowances for shelter residents

Sharon Brown

2:27:49

Hello my name is Sharon Brown.

2:27:51

As I testify I would just say remember Israel released the hostages let Yahweh's people go.

2:27:57

Okay.

2:27:58

There is enough money to pay for people to go directly into apartments and houses.

2:28:05

There's been a fight over the shelters over and over over food.

2:28:10

I was here at a hearing before and they talked about how horrible the food was and I thought something would be done then and to my chagrin we're here again talking about how horrible the food is.

2:28:26

So not only are the shelters keeping people in shelters when they have the money to pay for the shelter beds, they probably are at astronomical rates.

2:28:38

They could put people directly into the homes and pay that money for apartments and houses.

2:28:45

The food situation, because I was here the last time and it did not get cured then and it was not a major thing that people went in and made sure the food was better until they take them out and put them directly into apartments which I'm expecting them to start doing.

2:29:05

They need to give them individual refrigerators in the shelters.

2:29:10

They have space.

2:29:11

They can get small ones with the freezer in it.

2:29:15

They can also, along with the refrigerator, they can give them some kind of food stamps or whatever, and they can also give them hot food allowance, restaurant allowance.

2:29:27

I was here the last time, again, I'm reiterating, it did not change.

2:29:32

So we need to press them to give them refrigerators and make sure they can get increases in whatever financing they need and get restaurant and hot food allowance ASAP.

2:29:45

Thank you.

Julie Won

2:29:47

Thank you

Sharon Brown

2:29:47

so Remember Israel.

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