“I have received a letter from the Department of Family and Support Services and Mayor Johnson’s leadership team committing to begin the process for an Accelerated Moving Event (AME) at Gompers Park beginning the week of February 24, 2025.
“An AME matches people with available housing, resources, and safeguards to help prevent an individual from becoming unhoused again. This process takes time and results from previous AMEs have been positive,” Alderman Samatha Nugent (39th) said in a letter to ward residents.
A city official said last year that park regulations, including a 11 p.m. curfew, would not be enforced against those living at the park because the city did not want to criminalize homelessness…