by storres 
New York City just hit a milestone you might not have heard about. The amount of homeless people living in shelters is 57,665 people – a new record. According to a report released in October, New York’s homeless population grew last year, with almost 68,000 people without a permanent residence–all this while the number of luxury apartments for sale in Manhattan doubledin the…
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This fair share stuff is b.s.! Manhattan shoulders all kind of infrastructural loads, several power plants, all kinds of shelters, traffic, big noisy hospitals and so on. Not to mention the density load! This is just political plays.
I had thought this building was already a halfwayhouse anyway?
I thought this was already a homeless shelter or at least a halfway house?