NYC pauses relocation of homeless men's intake center after East Village residents sue ^1.1%

Gothamist - By Karen Yi - 4/22/2026, 8:49 PM

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A state judge has ordered the Mamdani administration to pause its plan to relocate the intake office where homeless men can ask for a shelter bed. The plan to relocate intake services from Midtown to the East Village was set to take effect May 1 until residents sued the city this week to stop it. The Mamdani administration was set to... more