{"id":48464,"date":"2026-04-12T10:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48464"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:10:05","slug":"nycs-east-village-furious-over-mamdani-emergency-order-sticking-it-with-planned-men-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48464","title":{"rendered":"NYC&#8217;s East Village furious over Mamdani &#8217;emergency order&#8217; sticking it with planned men shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F04%2F125384547.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>East Village residents are up in arms over Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s scheme to relocate one of the Big Apple\u2019s most notorious homeless shelters to their neighborhood \u2014 potentially transforming it into a doormat for Gotham\u2019s indigent, and a magnet for crime.<\/p>\n<p>Former clientele at the soon-to-shutter Bellevue Shelter on East 30th Street in Midtown included a slew of ex-cons and sickos, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/19\/opinion\/horrific-stabbing-spree-in-manhattan-shows-how-politicians-still-wont-lock-up-the-dangerous-mentally-ill\/\">deranged stabber Ramon Rivera<\/a>, who went on a 2.5-hour stabbing spree in Manhattan on Nov. 18, 2024, that killed three people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of you all can stop drinking and drugging \u2026 and all lingering around here creating crimes and all kinds of stuff,\u201d roared Rev. Keith Gadson, one of the hundreds of locals who bashed city officials at a heated meeting Tuesday about the under-the-radar facility. \u201cPut it in your neighborhood!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani abruptly announced in March that Bellevue\u2019s then-250 residents would be headed downtown, saying the nearly century-old site was in a \u201csevere state of disrepair.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Beginning May 1, New York City\u2019s main homeless intake center for single men will operate at 8 East 3<sup>rd<\/sup> St., a building where nonprofit Project Renewal currently provides the homeless shelter and other services. <span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman for the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beginning May 1, the city\u2019s main homeless intake center \u2014 where they are assessed and connected to mental health and social services \u2014 will be at 8 East 3<sup>rd<\/sup> St., a building where nonprofit Project Renewal currently provides a homeless shelter and other services. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The facility will have 117 beds, with residents staying roughly one to two days before being relocated to other sites, the Department of Homeless Services said.<\/p>\n<p>Stays are supposed to be short-term, but the Bellevue site came under fire from critics because the city housed homeless New Yorkers there for months at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Intake services for families without children will be relocated to the 117-bed sister facility at 333 Bowery, which is about a block away from the East 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street site.<\/p>\n<p>And the city has the power to flood both buildings with hundreds of more residents \u2014 for as long as it wants \u2014 according to a review of Mamdani\u2019s March 26 \u201cemergency executive order\u201d approving the shelter switcheroo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>East Village residents like Jason Murillo (left), a Republican running for state Senate, and Rev. Keith Gadson are up in arms over Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s scheme to relocate one of the Big Apple\u2019s most notorious homeless shelters to their neighborhood \u2014 potentially transforming it into a doormat for Gotham\u2019s indigent \u2014 and a magnet for crime. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Jason Murillo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The order suspends a local city code that currently prohibits more than 200 shelter beds at shelter sites. The suspension also waives safety-code regulations prohibiting no more than 90 people on the first floor of both East Village sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will not be temporary shelters as they claim, it will be mega-shelters,\u201d said Jason Murillo, a neighborhood activist and Republican running for state Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Murillo accused Mamdani of pushing through the relocation plan under the guise of an \u201cemergency\u201d to avoid community backlash.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Former clientele at the soon-to-shutter Bellevue Shelter in Midtown included a slew of ex-cons and sickos, such as\u00a0deranged stabber Ramon Rivera, who went on 2.5-hour stabbing spree in Manhattan in 2024 that killed three people. <span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He and other neighbors are planning to file a lawsuit to block the opening, fearing the facility will be a magnet for criminals.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Murillo told DHS officials residents were upset over the rushed process \u2014 and have serious concerns that the shelters would be a bad mix for a neighborhood filled with apartment buildings, restaurants, schools, hotels and bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support services for vulnerable New Yorkers, but the issue here is transparency and planning,\u201d he said. \u201cWhere is the environmental review? Where was the public safety plan to make sure we are all safe?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mamdani abruptly announced in March that Bellevue\u2019s then-250 residents would be headed downtown, saying the nearly century-old site was in a \u201csevere state of disrepair.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DHS officials insisted the city notified the neighborhood as fast as it could \u2014 and that it would take steps to ensure both the interior and exterior of both buildings would be kept clean and secure.<\/p>\n<p>Other residents in attendance questioned why the Bellevue site simply couldn\u2019t be renovated or why Mamdani couldn\u2019t find another location for it in Midtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have lots and lots of empty store space!\u201d ripped one woman. \u00a0\u201cYou can rent a store space in the 42<sup>nd<\/sup> street area?  So why us?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Workers move cots to a truck outside the future men\u2019s homeless intake center at 8 East 3rd St. in the East Village. <span class=\"credit\">Helayne Seidman for the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what will become of the prime Midtown real estate once the Bellevue intake center is vacated.<\/p>\n<p>DHS police and security staff will regularly monitor the new shelters\u2019 exteriors to limit crowding and loitering and will work with NYPD cops to address any community concerns, a Mamdani administration spokesman said, adding there is \u201cno expectation\u201d lines will form outside.<\/p>\n<p>Both East Village intake centers will operate on a \u201ctemporary\u201d basis until the city builds a permanent site, a process that could take several years to complete, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Most residents staying at the Bellevue site will be relocated to more permanent accommodations in other parts of NYC \u2014 not the new East Village intake centers, the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/verogfornyc\/status\/2041792066926076385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neighborhood activist Veronica Gonzalez <\/a>said on X that \u201clocal residents are fed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur community, families, and district deserve answers from City Hall and the mayor,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/verogfornyc\/status\/2042011970228936819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added Gonzalez,<\/a> a Republican running for state Assembly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to receive an answer soon from Mayor Mamdani and a full pause to the relocation of the Bellevue Homeless Shelter [to] the East Village.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/us-news\/nycs-east-village-furious-over-mamdani-emergency-order-sticking-it-with-planned-men-shelters\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Village residents are up in arms over Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s scheme to relocate one of the Big Apple\u2019s most notorious homeless shelters to their neighborhood&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}