Joanne S. v. Carey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Asch, J.
There has been a bitter battle, not only in New York, but throughout America as to whether State or local governments, or private resources, alone, should bear the responsibility for sheltering the homeless. (See, e.g., Note, Building a House of Legal Rights: A Plea for the Homeless, 59 St. John’s L Rev 530 [spring 1985]; New Plan to Aid Homeless, New York Times, Dec. 20, 1985, p Bl.) The matter before us is a skirmish in that battle.
The instant action was commenced by 11 State psychiatric hospital patients at Manhattan Psychiatric Center (MPC) who have been found…
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