"The last tenant is being escorted from the hotel. He wants to make a statement."

I am crippled, and I am deaf, and I am very old. I am alone here, and they put me in the street. I want freedom, the principle of American democracy in the richest country in the world. Do you think our mayor has a place for me? No. No. Because I was happy here.

"Although the mayor promised to provide housing for the tenants after their eviction, there is no one here offering housing to anyone. There are no promised buses or housing assistance."

"A contingent of tenants can be seen walking away down Kearny. They have no place to go. Where will these suddenly homeless people go?"

"It is eight a.m., and the Sheriff has handed over the I-Hotel to the Enchanted Seas Investment Corporation."