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Events in December 2018

• December 4, 2018
  CB7 - Protest new homeless shelter at 306 West 94th St

  6:30 pm

  CB7 - Protest new homeless shelter at 306 West 94th St

  Map Mount Sinai West

  NO MORE SHELTERS!

  Join Us Tuesday, 6:30 PM, Mount Sinai West
  1000 Tenth Ave (Amsterdam) at West 59^th St.

  On Tuesday, December 4^th at Mount Sinai West (Roosevelt) Hospital, 6:30 PM, join your neighbors as we raise our voices to protest a plan that effectively adds another facility to our compassionate neighborhood already burdened by poorly run facilities serving the homeless.

  The proposed facility at The Alexander, 306 West 94^th St facts:

  • 220 homeless, making it significantly larger than Freedom House
  • Places significant pressure on the existing SRO tenants
  • Serious building code and dangerous fire safety issues
  • Compromises the safety of neighbors on a block with two other facilities that serve the homeless, the Red Cross Shelter at 308 West 94^th next door, and the St. Louis/Rustin House at 319 West 94^th –that’s three on one block!
  • No “Fair Share Analysis.” This City Charter requires research should be done BEFORE a site for a shelter is selected. The West 90s are over-saturated!
  • Leaves the 316 West 95^th home of Freedom House open for another shelter or out-of-control program like St. Louis/Rustin House. After a short period to repair damage from Freedom House, the owners told us they are open to another “program,” that serves homeless populations. They have few other options. It can’t become a hotel, luxury condos, etc. The City won’t allow it.
  • This is the third time in 12 years that the City has tried placing an “adult family” homeless shelter on either 94^th or 95^th Streets. The previous shelters, “The Apple” on 94^th, and Freedom House on 95^th were absolute disasters.