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ProJo: A Warwick hotel is housing the homeless all winter. Some call it a 'godsend'

on December 22, 2021 in Warwick by Amy Cola

Neighbors raise concerns; police visiting proactively

Antonia Noori Farzan | The Providence Journal

WARWICK — The NYLO Hotel's temporary conversion into a homeless shelter is a "godsend," according to George Burke, who's been living there for about two weeks.

"I probably would have died of hypothermia on the street," he said. 

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