New York City was one of several large, urban centers that struggled with what to do about their homeless population when the novel coronavirus began tearing through their sidewalk encampments. And like some others, the Big Apple decided to move many of the homeless into hotel rooms. To say that this was a decision that wasn’t thought through very well is probably something of an understatement with the benefit of hindsight. Be that as it may, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was reluctant to make that move at first, went ahead with the plan. But now that summer is...
