Homeless shelter set to come to Sheepshead Bay; residents and local leaders say 'no'

Homeless shelter set to come to Sheepshead Bay; residents and local leaders say 'no'

Residents say the neighborhood is quiet and family-orientated, with many schools in the area. They say a shelter would pose a threat to the safety of the community.

Protesters rip NYC for replacing promised affordable housing building with homeless shelter: ‘Bait and switch’

Protesters gathered in Sheepshead Bay to protest an incoming homeless shelter that will replace plans for affordable housing in a "bait and switch."

Brooklyn residents feel duped about homeless shelter going up in neighborhood

Residents in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn are upset that what they were told would be affordable housing going up in the neighborhood is actually going to be a homeless shelter.

When the 'Hostile Architecture' Is the Adams Administration

The Adams administration is trying to solve the city's worst homelessness crisis since the Great Depression by making it easier for homeless shelters to kick people out onto the street.On Tuesday, the CITY reported that New York City's Department of Homeless Services was trying out a new set of rules for "Enhanced Client Placement Support" in its shelters. In plain, less Orwellian language, these "enhancements" mean that DHS could "deny adults a…