CUOMO ANNOUNCES INTERIM COURT ORDER SHUTTING DOWN ALL ACTIVITIES OF THE “UNITED HOMELESS ORGANIZATION”
NEW YORK, NY (December 15, 2009) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced his office has obtained an interim court order shutting down the New York City-based not-for-profit group United Homeless Organization, Inc. (“UHO”). The court order requires UHO to immediately halt all charitable solicitations from the public by any means and freezes UHO’s assets, including bank accounts and vehicles. Last month Attorney General Cuomo filed a lawsuit against UHO, its founder and president Stephen Riley, and its director Myra Walker, alleging that Riley and Walker used the organization to dupe the public into donating cash to fund services for the homeless, when the money was instead used for personal expenses.