Advocates fight to block Jamaica shelter

Leroy Comrie

Community advocates are riled over a possible new homeless shelter in southeastern Queens, according to the New York Daily News. Residents and local officials are speaking out over the shelter, which is angling to move into a 54-unit apartment building at 170-02 93rd Avenue in Jamaica, because they say their neighborhood is already overrun with similar facilities. City Council member Leroy Comrie said that the proposed shelter’s proximity to a senior center and single-parent female shelter could spell bad news. “While we want to try to be helpful and open, this location is absolutely the wrong site,” Comrie said. “We have too many vulnerable people in the area already.” Of the 17 homeless shelters currently location in Queens, nine are located in the southeastern region, city officials say. [NYDN]

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