Brief History of NYC Legal Right to Shelter
Callahan v. Carey (1979) lawsuit by Robert Hayes, co-founder of Coalition for the Homeless, mandated adequate provision for housing single men of “all of the destitute and homeless alcoholics, addicts, mentally impaired derelicts, flotsam and jetsam, and others during the winter months.” The suit asked for 750 beds. The Constitution of the State of New…