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Cities In Essex Demand Notice When NYC Sends Homeless: Report Cities In Essex Demand Notice When NYC Sends Homeless: Report
Cities In Essex Demand Notice When NYC Sends Homeless: Report At least four cities in Essex County have passed or plan to pass ordinances requiring neighboring New York to notify them when sending homeless people to their communities under a controversial relocation program, CBS 2 News reported.  A yearlong CBS investigation found that New York City may be forcing those living in homeless shelters there to move into homes in New Jersey cities, including Newark. The city pays landlords in New Jersey a year's rent for those who are relocated.  But CBS found evidence of problems at the apartments the relocated families were sent to, including a…