The City of Utica first said it was a decision made by the Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency, but the Agency says that the decision was made in conjunction with the City of Utica, who the Agency says have been following the center's lack of number growth right along. A callback to the City then had them in agreement, saying that yes, the decision was mutual.
It would appear the city didn't want to take the fall for kicking 400 senior citizens out into the street, but then they realized that wasn't going to fly.
