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Blas accoster gets City Hall meet

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The homeless advocate who interrupte­d Mayor de Blasio’s gym routine last week couldn’t get an answer out of him — but she did land a meeting at City Hall.

The group VOCAL-NY and community leader Nathylin Flowers Adesegun will meet on Monday with officials from City Hall, the Department of Homeless Services and the Depart- ment of Housing Preservati­on and Developmen­t.

De Blasio will not attend the meeting, according to a City Hall spokeswoma­n.

Adesegun, 72, who has been homeless for three years, accosted Hizzoner during his weekly YMCA workout last week to ask why his housing plan called for setting aside only 5 percent of new or preserved afford- able units for the homeless.

Her group is pushing for that figure to be raised to 10 percent 30,000 out of the 300,000 units called for in the city’s plan.

The mayor told WNYC on Friday that he’s satisfied with the current set-aside for the homeless.

“I’ve been very clear about the fact that our affordable­housing plan seeks to ad- dress the need of a whole host of New Yorkers — working-class people, lowincome people, even folks that we might consider middle class, you know, bus drivers need affordable housing, police officers, firefighte­rs, teachers need affordable housing,” he said.

“We’re trying to reach across the spectrum.”

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