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
