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Adams cancels Grand St. homeless shelter in Chinatown allegedly due to Hotel Trades Council opposition

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated May 2, 9:00 p.m.: In a stunning reversal and a major victory for Chinatown residents and merchants, Mayor Adams has…

C.B. 2: City ‘should not move forward’ on Chinatown homeless shelter plan

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated April 27, 2:25 p.m.: Heeding Chinatown’s outpouring of concern and outrage over a planned homeless shelter on Grand Street, Community…

‘We live in constant fear’: Chinatown slams Grand St. homeless shelter plan as C.B. 2 concedes to write a resolution

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Thurs., March 31, 2 a.m.: Nearly 500 people “packed” a Zoom meeting, albeit virtually, last Thursday evening as Chinatown residents…

‘We cannot have 10 shelters’: Chinatown pushes back on planned Grand St. homeless site

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Chinatown residents are up in arms about yet another homeless facility planned for their neighborhood. The city, for its part, argues…

Bottcher’s can-do effort wins extra pickups for corner trash cans

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Councilmember Erik Bottcher and Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson stood with community leaders and residents Wednesday in Abingdon Square to announce…

C.B. 2/C.B. 3 March meetings: Bringing back Brooklyn Banks skateboard park, new Centre St. bike lane, Open Restaurants rules

Among the hot topics on local community board meeting agendas this month, Community Board 3 on March 10 will consider a proposal by the group…

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