“Homelessness, and I know some will disagree with this, but it has been politicized,” said Assembly member Randy Sulte, “and the homeless are paying with their lives. We all have a part in where we are.”
The Sullivan, formerly a hockey arena and event venue, first opened as a shelter during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, under then-Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Bronson closed the shelter this past summer, sending people to a
The Sullivan is one piece of the Assembly’s cold weather shelter plan, which includes converted hotels and traditional shelters. Other shelters in the city are also at capacity, Johnson said, and cannot be expanded. Beyond the immediate need, he said the people the Sullivan is serving need more permanent situations.
— have said simply opening the warming space inside the arena violated city code governing the use of the Sullivan Arena as an emergency shelter.
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