On This Date: December 5, 1979 (Image: cropped from a screenshot of the NY Times article posted by the Coalition for the Homeless at #OnThisDate in 1979, in the first decision in Callahan v. Carey, a temporary injunction was gra…

Indeed, the first decision in #CallahanVCarey mentioned frostbite and death; a #HolyNameShelter employee had often identified at city morgue former clients, whose cause of death was hypothermia, ie., who froze to death. (Link to decision in article.)
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