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Deals with the failure of the City Council of New York to provide housing for homeless people with AIDS. Comments from Debra Sproles, a spokeswoman for the council's General Welfare Committee; Statements issued by Councilwoman Christine Quinn; Information on the letter sent to the Council committee by Mark Hoover, the administration's first deputy commissioner.

Covers news briefs on political and social issues in New York City, New York as of May 21, 2000. Resettlement of deaf Mexican immigrants in the city; Victory of a three-year-old apartment building in Hunters Point over protest of some neighbors against it.

Highlights the class-action lawsuit filed against New York City, New York on September 30, 1999 concerning the conditions at the hotels the city uses for short-term housing for homeless AIDS patients. Complaints of the hotels' residents and housing advocates; Names of the defendants; Results of a survey conducted by Housing Works, an AIDS service organization.

Focuses on the ruling of the New York State Supreme Court for New York City to provide emergency housing to homeless people with AIDS. Estimated number of homeless people with AIDS; Comments from Thomas Crane, chief of the city's general litigation division; Effort made by John Simmons, on getting emergency housing from the agency.