Survey On West End Avenue Traffic Produces Conflicted Results: Concerns About Traffic Congestion Ignored Eight months after West End Avenue (WEA) changed from a two lane to a one lane road, a survey of the public on the results has…
N90s Pushes de Blasio & Helen Rosenthal to Close 95th St. Shelter
Current Administration Continues (Bad) Policies of Bloomberg Administration as Homeless Shelter Court Battle Continues – City and N90s Exchange Briefs in Appellate Appeals New York City’s response to the NYS Appellate Court appeal filed by Neighborhood In The Nineties continues a…
N90s files an appeal in the New York State Appellate Court to close Freedom House
Neighborhood in the Nineties Files Court Action To Close West 95th St. Shelter On Friday, January 2, 2015, N90s went back to court. We filed an appeal of our lawsuit in the New York State Appellate Court opposing the Freedom…
CB7 To Vote Important Traffic Changes Tuesday 12/2
Major traffic safety improvements to protect pedestrians are being voted on by Community Board 7 at 7 PM Tuesday Please show up and make your voice heard. Help us proactively address safety issues: Restoring 96th Street Eastbound Exit from…
N90s Confirms One Shelter Building Closed by City On West 95th Street
Half the troubled West 95th Street shelter known as “Freedom House” has closed. N90s is continuing its campaign to close the shelter. It is now official: the population of two-building Freedom House, the City shelter that opened in violation of…
FREEDOM HOUSE GETS SHELTER CONTRACT for smaller shelter on W95th – N90s continues fight
City Rewards Contract for Smaller 95th Street Shelter – Community Will Continue Court Fight, Political Pressure Another sweetheart contract has been submitted by the City for the West 95th Street shelter known as Freedom House. The good news is that…
City Plans 3-Lane West End Avenue: Major Changes at 97th and 95th Streets, But No One Is Addressing High Traffic Volume
DOT has proposed a very detailed plan to change West End Avenue, but one issue remains unsolved: what do we do with all this highway-related traffic volume? When we prevent a turn onto one neighborhood street, what other streets will…
Freedom House Update: Back to Court!!!
BACK TO COURT: FREEDOM HOUSE LAWSUIT UPDATE CITY COUNCIL ASKS JUSTICE CHAN TO REOPEN RULING ON SHELTER SIZE ISSUE; MAYOR, DHS OPPOSE Seeking to change legal precedent for the State’s ability to pre-empt City powers, the City Council’s General Counsel and the Department…
Police Arrest 22 From Shelter In Response To Crime Wave
While the de Blasio Administration and Aguila negotiate a 9-year contract for a much smaller Freedom House, the NYPD raided the shelter seeking to curb a crime wave. How about closing the place? Police Arrest 22 at 95th Street Shelter…
What’s next for troubled Camden Hotel? Now is the time for Community input
TROUBLED CAMDEN HOTEL AWAITS NEW CHAPTER; COMMUNITY INPUT NEEDED NOW The West 90s Neighborhood cannot afford another poorly run City program, which we lived with for years at the Camden. Let our elected officials know a well run program or…