Advocates call for Hotel Cadillac to be reopened for homeless

Rochester, New York — A lot of homeless people demanding housing around the greater Rochester area.

On Friday The Rochester Homeless Union held a rally outside the Cadillac Hotel on Chestnut Street. Before colder weather hits Rochester, the union is demanding the hotel be reopened to people living on the streets.

Rally organizers are calling on the city and the county legislature to commit to housing every homeless resident in Rochester by October 15.

“We need the Cadillac,” said Crystal Lenear of House of Mercy. “We need it for the people that they kicked out. DSS is not working. The system is not working. We don’t want to see anybody dying and our shelter is going to get packed.

The hotel was used for housing the city’s homeless individuals before it was closed for renovations back in 2018.