Mmmm... the plié! And their baguette. Even their cookies ... I miss them too ... It will be nice to have a place to meet a friend for coffee. And a place to get a special treat for the husband after he’s had a rough day. — Meg on New bakery coming to the Maison Kayser space

Yeah show up and be heard to say not in my backyard. Whites Only, preferably rich ones. 3-4 -millenial women sharing a one-bedroom welcome, too. No artists either, unless they were part of the corporate world before they tired of or failed at it, or are selling to the 1%. This neighborhood is Pseudo-Trumpland. — Yea ok NIMBY on CB1 will host meeting on homeless shelter TODAY

As mentioned by others, it would be great for the neighborhood to get together and address this. Would appreciate an exchange with constructive thoughts on how we can best action. — R on Four shots fired on Franklin Street

New York. Please stop telling lies in your posts. You keep referring to things that happened on the Upper West Side - which you don't live in so don't think about telling me not to comment on what you are saying and posting. That's the pot calling the kettle black. — New York Lies on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

Get A grip, do you live in our area? I am a bit confused. We already have a couple of hotels down here with homeless living. There is a lot of homeless living on our streets downtown already walking around making problems. Please don't tell anyone to Pipe down. There are problems uptown too. Lots of quality of life issues. — New York on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

At the end of the day, people in the community must be able to have a say on things that impact their neighborhood. Its unfair for people to say these are harmless individuals and they have caused no problems as your reason for us to allow this. We cant wait until issues happen to then react. You are asking us to put our families at risk as the city experiments with the arrangement. We want the homeless to get all the help they need and the dignity they deserve. However, that cannot come at the cost of our families and their well being. That doesn't mean we are giving up our values. We are calling out politicians and activists that want to find an easy way out and not solve problems for the community — SM on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

dont just type here, attend this virtual meeting to listen and be heard.. — nyc on CB1 will host meeting on homeless shelter TODAY

Requires a special outlook on life to take advantage of covid by hosting parties in your building. Piss off neighbors? Check. Waste community resources? Check. Increase risk of transmission? Check. What a zmal. — DB on “It feels like being at Burning Man in your living room.”

I live two blocks away from the proposed site. I have a family. I work downtown. I live in New York City because I imagined it as a diverse city where the wealthy don’t mind living near those who struggle. Many people on this post have posed excellent questions that the city and facility managers should answer for local residents. Our local reps and public officials must make addressing residential concerns a priority. There is a larger homeless population due to the PANDEMIC and economic SHUTDOWN the the city has to bear. We live in THIS city not a gated community. Public safety and concern for the good ???? f the city go hand in hand. — Amy Goldstein on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

city hall has been playing a game of pass the buck until they find someone who cant afford to fight (remember they were going to put a shelter on billionaires row until they paid up and lobbied hard?) or find a neighborhood that wont complain. they never solve the problem, they just spread it out. there is inadequate counseling for these people. a lot of these types of hotels are small with very little services. there are no kitchens and food options are poor. the hotel shuffle has only benefited marginally corrupt operators of failing hotels. the amount of money they are receiving from deblaz is criminal. that agrregate amount should be used to build real facilities from the ground up. — nyc on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

what a weird thing to lie about it — nyc on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

And yet ANOTHER night of f***ing fire trucks in front of the building. I swear to God, this is infuriating!!!!! We need to sleep, esp my young son who’s window faces 46 Lispenard. Also, what a waste of my tax dollars....two fire engines. I’m pissed. — Neighbor, again on “It feels like being at Burning Man in your living room.”

Pipe DOWN! I work at Nice Matin right at the Lucerne. Not one single problem from these men. Lies and vitrol just like up here. Get a life. — Get A GRIP on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

Lispenard used to be so quiet, silent nights. This crazy thing about the noise is not acceptable. People need to sleep !!! — Oh my.. on “It feels like being at Burning Man in your living room.”

Duane Street when it put our children and community in harms way like it did upper west “YES” not in our backyards, Downtown has been through enough. — New York on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

To the complaints that downtown has exploded with homeless people, isn't providing a proper home part of the solution? And aren't hotels underutilized now? And if not FiDi, where? There are no neighborhoods devoid of families and children. There are just less wealthy neighborhoods. And if that is what is being implied, this is a classic examples of what happens when progressives abandon their values when it comes to "their" backyards. — Duane Street on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

You can mention Guili alll you like this is the Dem///the Left wingers who claim they love the poor etc but ,,uh,,not in my hood — geo on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

I’m so sorry you have been experiencing this so close at hand, AN. I am with you in doing all I can to help. — Jules on Four shots fired on Franklin Street

Sorry this reply was not intended for you, S. Been having issues with the site. I agree with you. — Jules on Four shots fired on Franklin Street

Your comment was obnoxious and condescending. You know nothing about me. I was conversing with people on the app who fled the bullets on the street and were talking to police. Kindness and community support go a long way these days. Be well. — Jules on Four shots fired on Franklin Street

This is going to be a permeant homeless shelter. they say it the first of its kind in NYC. I want to know: are there doctors on site, is it a rehab center. Are residents staying there all day or are they pushing them out on the street during the day. Or is this just our major caving to the upper westside lawyers.If we are going to help the mentally ill and junkies they needs this. They need a treatment center that can take care of them all day. A place where they can get their meds everyday all day.. And there are at least 5 schools in within 3 blocks. Two of them are schools for special needs kids. — t on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

It's pretty simple. Stop with the police brutality. Weed out the bad cops and stop protecting them. Stop excusing a strike against the public safety by cops who want to protect bad apples and who are against reform. Police are public employees with assigned tasks. If they don't want to do their job, they should quit and pay back their salaries. — Chris H on Four shots fired on Franklin Street

I'd like to know where those of you who are just fine with this live. I assume not down the block or you would care more. There are several issues with this, including the fact that putting homeless people into hotels does not at all help them improve their lives. It's a band-aid, lazy approach that De Blasio is perpetuating and it's costing the city excessive amounts of money. There are no support services. They just hang out on the streets and sleep in their free hotel. We have shelters that sit empty, but they are piling homeless into hotels. There are also a ton of homeless already congregating around Fidi and this is a dense residential community with a lot of schools and children's services within close proximity to that hotel. Given that Midtown is virtually empty and has much less residential density, it seems a better option. I actually do live down the block and this is incredibly disturbing. It has become less and less comfortable to walk through this neighborhood at night and will be even more so if this goes through. — SP on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

Reps from Project Renewal which managed the Lucerne shelter and the city's Department of Homeless services should meet with local leaders and concerned residents before proceeding, for sure. Community safety and also proper planning for those undergoing substance abuse treatment / trauma / homelessness are paramount. However, to those of you that want to make an argument that downtown already has its "fair share" of the burdens that all New Yorkers bear as a part of city life - that is just not the case.  I know homelessness citywide increased during the pandemic and hotels were used everywhere. But, as of last fall, my neighborhood's share of the citywide homeless population was 0.2% https://citylimits.org/2019/09/10/data-drop-which-nyc-neighborhoods-host-the-most-homeless-shelter-beds/ — Amy Goldstein on Neighbors prepare to fight the expansion of a homeless shelter in Fidi

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