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Police raided the Freedom House homeless shelter on West 95th street on Friday, rounding up 22 people with outstanding arrest warrants. The raid follows a spike in

In a deal announced Monday, local politicians and the Department of Homeless Services said they would cut the size of the homeless shelter on West 95th street near

Gayton Gomez, who lives next door to the homeless shelter on West 95th street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue, has been watching the courtyard under

An article this month from New York magazine reveals stark and disturbing facts about the family that has profited off of

Comptroller John Liu is keeping up the pressure on Mayor Bloomberg over the mayor's befuddling defense of a homeless shelter operator that has continually

Nonprofit group Neighborhood in the Nineties said in a state court filing this week that the city is breaking its charter and blighting the neighborhood by putting in a 400-bed homeless shelter on West 95th street against the community's wishes. The shelter, known as "Freedom House," has now been around ...

Neighborhood in the Nineties, a nonprofit organization representing residents, building owners and local businesses in the West 90's, has filed suit

The city and a well-connected homeless shelter operator on West 95th street had a nice little arrangement going for months -- the Department of Homeless Services had a "handshake" deal with the shelter operator to pay the operator millions, even though they didn't have a contract. The mega-shelter, housing up ...

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who is running for mayor, gave back $14,850 donated to him by homeless shelter landlord Alan Lapes and his wife, the New York Post reported today. It's a big move because it indicates that Lapes -- who is the landlord for multiple controversial

Aguila, the company running the mega-shelter at 316 and 330 West 95th Street is getting extra-special scrutiny for the second time in three years, as Comptroller John Liu ordered a new audit of the company today. The audit bodes well for opponents of the shelter: Liu has to sign off ...

The people responsible for placing a homeless mega-shelter on 95th Street off of Riverside Drive will finally come to the neighborhood to explain the decision and the future of the shelter on Wednesday. The move comes as the shelter, which was allowed to open without review

Residents at a new homeless shelter on 95th Street between West End and Riverside say apartments are infested with bed bugs, roaches and mice, and that the lack of cooking facilities forces them to eat out all the time. They told

Tired of impassioned letters and speeches that fall on deaf ears, a crowd of 100 or so people at a Community Board 7 meeting on Tuesday night called for more aggressive action to remove two homeless shelters from buildings on West 95th Street. The shelters were opened in the middle ...

The hot issue of the summer -- two big new homeless shelters installed without community review on 95th Street -- will come to a head Tuesday night when Community Board 7 meets.

A three-block area on the Upper West Side has become quite a battleground. Two homeless shelters recently opened on 95th Street with little warning despite angry protests, there have been two fatal stabbings (on 95th and 93rd) blocks apart in the past few weeks, and now this: a man was ...

The city has begun moving families into homeless shelters at 316 and 330 West 95th Street despite protests by local leaders and neighbors. The shelters, say local politicians, don't have basic safety features like security cameras or counseling staff, and they're costing the city an extraordinary amount of money -- ...

We reported a few days ago that the Department of Homeless Services has approved a plan to place homeless shelters in two buildings at 316 and 330 West 95th Street. The community had no opportunity to review the plans, and they have proven very controversial. The 200 homeless families that ...

A company run by the city's former Commissioner of Homeless Services is planning to put homeless shelters into two buildings on West 95th Street, but nearby residents are fighting to keep the shelters out. Using a rule that allows emergency shelters to be placed in communities without a full public ...