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The 200-bed men’s facility is slated for 225 25th St. near Fourth Avenue — but not if a lawsuit filed by nearby residents succeeds in blocking it.
Five other shelters already exist within a half a mile of the site. “We deeply care about these populations, but we cannot have the burden all the time. You cannot put six, seven, eight shelters within a five, six-block radius,” one resident told The City Reporter.
The battle in Brooklyn comes as the Mamdani administration works toward what it says is a more equitable distribution of homeless shelters throughout the city.
Expect heavy rain with a possible thunderstorm in the late afternoon. Plus, a cool start to the week, with a high near 75 and low around 66.
MTA 🚇
In Upper Manhattan beginning at 9:45 p.m., downtown 1 trains skip 137th Street-City College, 125th Street, 116th Street-Columbia University, Cathedral Parkway and 103rd Street. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
A nonprofit shelter operator was indicted for skimming more than $1 million off no-bid contracts. Could then-city comptroller Brad Lander, and current congressional candidate, have caught the fraud?
Second-generation illustrator Kim Deitch has been at it since he started selling strips to The East Village Other in 1967. His new book, How I Make Comics, is full of interlocking comics connected by comics about making comics, with Kim and his wife Pamela Butler as characters. Listen to the latest Lit NYC episode.
A train parked just north of the Q line’s 96th Street terminal on the Upper East Side was tagged with splashy blue and orange Knicks graffiti, including MVP Jalen Brunson’s last name.
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Monday, June 22: Listen to or play in a jazz session as part of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s monthly music series in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America. Free, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, 6-8:30 p.m.
Monday, June 22: If you’re not musically inclined, consider tagging along with the group Harlem Run for some exercise. (You can choose your running pace, or walk). Free, Marcus Garvey Park, 6:45-8:30 p.m.
