Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. An embattled nonprofit operating more than two dozen hotels sheltering homeless New Yorkers is a financial and managerial mess that routinely left families short on microwaves for heating meals and even toilet paper, a […]
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City Red-Flagged Failed Homeless Hotel Firm Before $359M Deal
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. City officials awarded a Queens nonprofit a $359 million contract to shelter homeless families in hotels — even after questioning everything from loans to a massive hiring spree, records show. Childrens Community Services agreed […]
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A Long Line of Red Flags Trailed Embattled Homeless Operator
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The city on Wednesday filed a complaint in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking a temporary receiver for one of New York’s largest homeless service providers — an act officials referred to not just as unprecedented, […]