Warming Center
WestCOP CONSIDERS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARMING CENTERS IN
WHITE PLAINS
The following is a brief summary of the events leading to the opening of a warming center in lieu of a homeless shelter in the city of White Plains taken from an article written by Tim Murphy published in the Journal News on September 9, 2007. To see the entire article, please click the link below.
"70 to 80 homeless people in and around the city were upended when the county executive,
Andrew J. Spano, ordered the closing of a 43-bed men's shelter that had opened early last year in the basement of a county office building at 85 Court Street. Susan Tolchin, Mr. Spano's deputy, said the county was bowing to pressure from the city...
"In addition, the county decreed that the men who had stayed there, and homeless men and women like them who remain outside the county's conventional shelter system, could no longer stay at the women's shelter or at two others in the city...
"Ms. Tolchin said that when the weather gets cold the county plans to open "warming centers," where people could sit in a chair overnight..."
More information:
County Takes Tough Stance on Shelters
Warming Centers for Homeless to Open in Four Westchester Cities
DO NOT STOP HERE! DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND STAY INFORMED!
WestCOP attended a demonstration by the fountains on Main St. in White Plains on Thursday, October 25th from 12 to 2pm. It was organized by members of the Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless.
Please check out their website.
www.foodclothingshelter.org
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