Zoh\u2019s bringing inmates back home.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday revived the \u201cJust Home\u201d supportive housing project for ex-inmates in the Bronx that his predecessor Eric Adams tried to nix<\/a>.<\/p>\n The move will bring more than 80 new apartments to Jacobi Medical Center for formerly incarcerated seniors who have complex medical needs beyond the capabilities of homeless shelters. <\/p>\n Mamdani said he found it fitting to announce the project on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not simply creating 83 new apartments and supporting those who are struggling, we are advancing the cause of justice,\u201d he said during a news conference at Jacobi, flanked by city officials, advocates and former inmates.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a project which will provide a rent-stabilized lease to every single tenant, and it will prove that our commitment to homeless New Yorkers, and those who need supportive housing, is anything but abstract. It is tangible and it is actionable.\u201d<\/p>\n Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday he\u2019s reviving a supportive housing project for ex-inmates. Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/p>\n The project will bring 83 new apartments to Jacobi Medical Center\u2019s campus. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n Just Homes\u2019 future had been plunged into uncertainty last year when Adams, who previously supported the project, told City Council members he planned to change its location.<\/p>\n A letter from Adams\u2019 First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro pointed to opposition in the local community<\/a>, including now-former city Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato (R-Bronx), as the reason for the about-face.<\/p>\n Mastro instead pushed to move the project to Brooklyn.<\/p>\n