Construction is scheduled to start next summer for a long-term shelter that would house 170 single men. / 35 comments
The city does not divulge addresses of shelters, but reading between the lines suggest they will be using the Radisson to deal with the influx of migrants. / 1 comment
The new administration has decided to shift course and empty the former Radisson Hotel at 52 William as of June 30. / 33 comments
The city's goal is to house the homeless population in their own districts. Ours has 600, but no permanent shelters to date. 52 William and 105 Washington will be the first. A shelter on Canal will serve CD2. / 44 comments
The lawsuit filed by a group of Fidi residents will be heard in court on Nov. 16. Until then, men may be moved from the Lucerne to the Radisson. / 6 comments
Citing the threat of physical safety and potential harm to neighborhood children, local residents pushed back on the city's plan to bring 240 men to the Radisson on William Street. / 9 comments
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