Future of proposed Glendale shelter questioned following City’s desire to have a shelter in another site – a 115-room hotel in CB5

At a meeting on Wednesday morning between elected officials, the community board and the mayor’s office, a question surfaced about the future of the proposed Glendale homeless shelter on Cooper Avenue. City officials announced that they will look to take over a hotel in Maspeth, in the community board #5 district, to house more than 115 homeless adult families.

That facility is in off Maurice Avenue in Maspeth – A Holiday Inn Express.

As 250 people in the homeless bouncy castle for sale registry put their last listed address as being within the Community Board #5 district (Glendale, Ridgewood, Middle Village, Maspeth), does this mean that we would be fulfilling our fair share responsibility to the city and not have to have another shelter in the district?

The question met with an resounding “not sure” from city officials, but elected officials were reportedly told that the Glendale Shelter is taking so long to get off the ground that it might nothomelessshelter_blog happen.

We were urged to tell the community that we are not out of the woods yet, but it is certainly a good sign for Glendale.

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