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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-hotel-sues-city-king-county-   
   alleging-homeless-contaminated-it-w-fentanyl-meth#   
      
   SEATTLE — Neha Nariya says she and her family were trying to help the city   
   during a time of crisis, but now feel like they’ve been left with a crisis   
   of their own.   
      
   There are people who do things, and there are people who say they could   
   have done things. And this is one of those moments,” said the owner of the   
   Civic Hotel in South Lake Union. “We're stepping up to help the community.   
   That’s why Nariya and her late father agreed to lease the hotel to the   
   City and King County in 2020 to serve as a homeless shelter. But she says,   
   after the County ended the lease in December of 2024, they failed to abide   
   by the contract and clean the place up.   
      
   Nariya says the entire hotel, which was fully renovated in 2018 and sits   
   across the street from Apple’s Seattle headquarters, is now contaminated   
   with methamphetamine and fentanyl residue from the people who once lived   
   there, and that the building is uninhabitable. That’s why she’s now suing   
   Seattle and King County to fix the problem. The suit was filed in   
   Snohomish County earlier this month.   
      
   In the lawsuit, she specifically cites a 2024 case involving a baby that   
   was found deceased inside the hotel with fentanyl and meth in their   
   system. The mother, who was a tenant, has been charged with murder. Nariya   
   says the city failed to properly manage people and make sure they were not   
   doing drugs inside.   
      
   Now, both the city and the county are finger-pointing. In a filing, the   
   Seattle City Attorney’s office said that the “City admits that King County   
   failed to clean and repair damage to the premises” and that “The City   
   admits that it did not obtain a bid from a bio-cleaning company.”   
      
   But the filing also suggests that “The City denies that the Seattle   
   License required the City to ‘carefully supervise tenants’” and “The City   
   is without sufficient knowledge' to admit or deny the remaining   
   statements.” However, the organization known as Purpose Dignity Action, or   
   PDA, helped to manage the site and services during the time in question   
   under the umbrella of CoLEAD.   
      
   In a statement, the PDA refuted some of the claims.   
      
   “The Civic Hotel was a wonderful venue to do low-barrier shelter work the   
   last few years. We regretted having to leave last December because the   
   ongoing leasing costs were just too high. As recently as this spring, the   
   owners, who have been great to work with, were asking if we could return.   
   Before CoLEAD started work at the Civic, the Civic leased the space for a   
   different sheltering program not run by us. We can't speak to how that   
   program operated, but during our tenure, we required that our program   
   participants not smoke any substances inside the building, and we enforced   
   that requirement. Of course, as in any hotel, occasionally, someone   
   violates the rules and smokes in the building -- but as in any hotel, if   
   indoor smoking is identified and not rectified, the person would not be   
   permitted to continue staying on the premises. We also took good care of   
   the premises because we respect the owners and also because our   
   participants deserved to stay in a well-maintained facility. We hope this   
   matter is quickly and amicably resolved.”   
      
   The PDA says it helped to manage the site from late summer of 2021 through   
   December 2024, and “In the process of wrapping up the move-out, there was   
   visible evidence that people (unrelated to our program) were gaining   
   entry.” The statement continued, “When we left, we did a thorough visual   
   inspection with the owners, and the building was in good shape, including   
   removal of all garbage and debris.”   
      
   The Seattle City Attorney, King County Executive, King County Civil   
   Division, and PDA all declined interviews on Friday.   
      
   “They've dragged their feet every time we've gone to them. They   
   acknowledge the contamination, they acknowledge that they are supposed to   
   be doing something, but they just haven't done anything,” said Nariya.   
      
   She also suggests that the city and county are slow rolling the issue   
   because Sound Transit is eyeing the spot for a future light rail station.   
   “Part of me believes they are using (the contamination) to drive down the   
   value when they do have to acquire, or are they using that so that I   
   eventually have to fold?”   
      
   Nariya says it may also mean she can’t reopen in time for the 2026 World   
   Cup, when hotel rooms are expected to be in high demand.   
      
   “We’re just kind of stuck,” she said.   
      
      
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