Here are links to a number of articles on the Mayor’s announcement.
The Wall Street Journal (subscription)
We had 200 beds – that’s 200 ‘homes’ for elders and the disabled or those in need of skilled nursing care. We have elders in need for nursing home care – right now.
Bob Humber spoke at the Press Conference and said: “I spent many decades making this park safe and helping children here. I thought that when the time came and I needed help, when I could no longer work in the park, that I would still be able to look out and see my garden.”
We hold to our resolve: Return the Building to the public for its intended purpose, in perpetuity, as a health care facility.
If we can build luxury stadiums by moving poor people’s parks in the Bronx and middle class homes and small businesses in Brooklyn – we can fix this.