1.   Before coming to Washington, Cuomo ran a New York City-based homeless advocacy group called HELP.

2.   A local homeless advocacy group, the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, organized the encampment.

3.   Homeless advocacy groups have also submitted a claim for some land.

4.   Officials with homeless advocacy groups say they know of nothing like this anywhere in the country.

5.   Patrick LaCombe, president of Senior Resources, a nonprofit homeless advocacy group, did not respond to repeated requests for comment on the settlement offer.

6.   The protest was staged Monday by homeless advocacy groups who blame the city for failing to provide adequate public accommodations.