The City wants to convert the brand-new Ramada Hotel at 169 Empire Boulevard into a 140-bed men's homeless shelter on June 1, 2026 — with no public hearing, no Fair Share Analysis, and no safety plan. A Manhattan judge just halted an identical East Village plan for these exact failures.

On this single block: PS 375, Success Academy, and the Heart to Heart Senior Center. Less than a block away sits a confidential women's domestic violence shelter — whose location is supposed to be protected by law to keep survivors safe from their abusers.

Crown Heights already hosts 1,779+ shelter beds. Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Borough Park host zero. The 2023 NYC Comptroller's audit found 40% of shelter sitings violate Fair Share rules, concentrating burdens in already-overburdened neighborhoods. This isn't bad luck — it's a pattern.

We are not anti-shelter. We are anti-shortcut. Sign on now and demand that Mayor Mamdani, DSS, and our elected officials follow the law.