CNN 30 November 2012 News report By Kristina Sgueglia and Todd Sperry

New York Hotel Rooms Sit Vacant in Sandy's Wake

Reporting on the city’s decision to hold empty hotel rooms a month after the storm, with Mr. Schulman arguing the reserve should be kept rather than released.

“Yisroel Schulman, president of the New York Legal Assistance Group, said scores of families are staying in cold, dark homes because they are concerned about looting or they don’t want to pull their children from school.”

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“We believe strongly the minute that first snow hits, and it’s really cold, these people are going to need housing. It’s a very prudent move on the part of the city to have as much temporary housing as possible.”

Yisroel Schulman, quoted by CNN

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