A homeless shelter is slated to come to 1st Ave. sometime this spring, Community Board 8 announced this month. A Change.org petition is now circulating to stop it.
A homeless shelter is slated to come to 1st Ave. sometime this spring, Community Board 8 announced this month. A Change.org petition is now circulating to stop it. ( Photo: Google Maps )

A men’s shelter that is slated to house 200 residents may open on the Upper East Side by March, Community Board 8 Chair Valerie Mason noted at a monthly meeting. A Change.org petition seeking to stop the project has since garnered a few thousand signatures.

CB8: Homeless Shelter Coming to 1st Avenue This Spring, Some Locals Object
29 Jan 2026 | 06:40
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A new men’s homeless shelter is slated to open this spring on 1st Avenue and 61st St., Community Board 8 announced last week, which will house up to 200 people. A few thousand people have since signed a petition with the goal of stopping it.

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Two residents of the Cheroke apartment complex in Yorkville tested positive for Legionnaires disease in the past 12 months, prompting a health dept investigation. Seven people died and 100 people were infected during an outbreak of the disease in Harlem last summer.
Two residents of the Cheroke apartment complex in Yorkville tested positive for Legionnaires disease in the past 12 months, prompting a health dept investigation. Seven people died and 100 people were infected during an outbreak of the disease in Harlem last summer. ( Photo: apartments.com)

Two People in Yorkville Bldg. Contracted Legionnaires Disease, Prompting Health Dept. Probe
27 Jan 2026 | 11:33

Two people who are residents of the Cheroke Apartments in Yorkville tested positive for Legionnaires...

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