The city wants to convert the five story building that most recently housed the Calhoun School on W. 74th St. near Amsterdam Ave. into a homeless shelter for women. City Council member Gale Brewer is urging Mayor Adams to use the building for affordable housing instead. Photo: Michael Oreskes Battle Underway over Homeless Shelter that City Wants to Place in Former Calhoun School City Council Member Gale Brewer appealed to Mayor Adams to block the city’s plan to convert the former Calhoun School on... News 10 Feb 2024 | 11:26
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
