Dear Editor,
New York state does not provide adequate housing for its disabled citizens. It depends on licensed, privately owned group homes. This is not an ideal situation, but it is what we have.
The attempted eviction of the tenants of 106 W. Chestnut St. by Kingston vity police was a black mark on our city.
I don’t have an opinion about the quality of Joseph Sangi’s group homes, but do know that harassing our most vulnerable citizens shows breathtaking heartlessness – not by the police, who did not ask for this job – but by the Kingston corporation counsel, who, not coincidentally, lives near the intended residence. That an important city position has been used to further an individual’s self-interest seems pretty clear here.
It is good that the evictions have been temporarily halted by the courts. Let’s hope that fairness guides the city administration in this matter.
Anne Needham
Kingston, N.Y.
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