Hundreds Protest to Stop Sex Offender Transfer Formerly Homeless Men Demand Opportunity, Job Security, Safety; Mayor Leaves for Extended Vacation On Tuesday evening, hundreds of formerly homeless and incarcerated men in bright blue uniforms stood across from the Mayor’s residence, demanding a halt of the forced transfer of sex offenders into the facilities where they […]
Category: The Doe Fund vs. DHS
Above, children attend a puppet show at Maria Hernandez Park, just 1750 feet from The Doe Fund’s Porter Avenue Facility. Sign the petition to keep East Williamsburg and Bushwick safe: Change.org The Department of Homeless Services is targeting the Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity in East Williamsburg and attempting to force The Doe Fund to warehouse sex […]
Get the facts on The Doe Fund’s fight to preserve the jobs and safety of the “men in blue” of Ready, Willing & Able. For more information on the events leading up to The Doe Fund’s suit against the Department of Homeless Services to stop the transfer of sex offenders into its facilities, see the […]
The following timeline details the events leading up to and immediately following The Doe Fund’s lawsuit against DHS, The City of New York, and Commissioner Gilbert Taylor to stop the administration’s transfer of sex offenders into the Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity. In the two years before the Department of Homeless Services’ attempt to disperse sex […]
On June 17th, The Doe Fund filed suit against the City of New York, the Department of Homeless Services, and Commissioner Gilbert Taylor to stop them from forcing 50 sex offenders into the Porter Avenue facility. The story has been covered extensively by NBC, The New York Post, and the New York Daily News. Harriet McDonald, The […]