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NYC Now Suing Newark Over Homeless Relocation Program: Report NYC Now Suing Newark Over Homeless Relocation Program: Report
NYC Now Suing Newark Over Homeless Relocation Program: Report The city of New York has filed a lawsuit against Newark, claiming that Newark cannot prohibit New York from relocating homeless families there, NJ.com reported Tuesday.  New York's counter-suit was filed in response to a lawsuit filed by Newark against New York over the controversial relocation program,  through which New York places homeless families in cities across the country and provides landlords a year's rent up front. Newark has received 1,200 families under the program in the last two years.  New York City began looking for housing outside its own borders to relieve …