The Mamdani administration wants to move the Bellevue Shelter (above) from its current E. 30th St. location due to the building’s crumbling infrastructure. ( Photo: Jack Ahern) East Village Residents Express Concern Over Homeless Shelter Plans The Mamdani administration’s decision to close its largest men’s intake center – the 200-bed Bellevue Shelter at 400 E. 30th... News 13 Apr 2026 | 04:14
A group calling itself the East Side Accountability Alliance, plus GOP State Senate candidate Alina Bonsell (left, tan coat), rallied on March 18 against the planned opening of a homeless shelter on First Ave. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Group Rallies to Oppose Planned First Ave. Homeless Shelter Activists opposing the planned opening of a women’s homeless shelter on First Ave. held a rally before a Community Board... News 21 Mar 2026 | 11:56
The opening of a planned homeless shelter at 1114 First Ave. has been temporarily halted, while a judge considers a lawsuit over alleged “adverse noise impacts” filed by a nearby condo board. ( Photo: Google Maps ) Judge’s Order Halts First Ave. Homeless Shelter Opening A judge has put a temporary restraining order on the opening of a new homeless shelter at 1114 First Ave., in order to consider... News 16 Mar 2026 | 06:30
A homeless shelter is slated to come to 1st Ave. sometime this spring, Community Board 8 announced this month. A Change.org petition is now circulating to stop it. ( Photo: Google Maps ) CB8 Says Homeless Shelter Coming to 1st Avenue, Some Locals Object A new men’s homeless shelter is slated to open this spring on 1st Avenue and 61st St., Community Board 8 announced last week,... News 30 Jan 2026 | 12:21
State Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (center) at the Lucerne on Sunday, Sept. 13 with Council Member Helen Rosenthal (right) and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (left of Gottfried). Photo: Richard Gottfried on Twitter A Freeze on Homeless Hotels Mayor de Blasio said Monday he was temporarily freezing the plan he had agreed to just last week to abandon use of the Lucerne... News 14 Sep 2020 | 09:12
Community Board 7 member Katie Rosman called the DHS plan "inhumane" and "cruel." ( Photo: Jason Cohen) UWS Shelter Battle Escalates Community Board 7 and neighborhood activists are not backing down from a fight. The women’s shelter at 237 West 107th Street... News 04 Oct 2019 | 04:00
