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Freedom House, the homeless shelter at 316 West 95th Street, is getting a new operator, according to council member Helen Rosenthal and other sources. A change

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

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 ...

Alan Lapes, who is the landlord for numerous Upper West Side homeless shelters, is making a lot of money by turning SRO buildings into for-profit homeless shelters like one that opened this summer on 95th Street, the New York Times explained in a front-page article this weekend. As the homeless ...

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 ...