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City To Open Two New Hotel Shelters to Offset Bellevue Closure

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By Patrick Spauster Verified
| City Limits Verified
The city notified two Brooklyn community boards that it will be converting hotels to new shelters for single adult men, stating that they needed to offset lost capacity from the planned closure of the central Bellevue intake facility on Manhattan’s East Side. The hulking Bellevue shelter building at 30th Street and 1st Avenue housed one of the city’s main intake sites, as well as 250 shelter beds for adults.
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Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

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By Patrick Spauster Verified
| City Limits Verified
The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants. They will vote on a final number in June. Tenants and advocates calling for a rent freeze at last year’s Rent Guidelines Board meeting. They could get their wish this time around. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) The magic number is “zero” for supporters of a rent freeze.
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City To Close Second Homeless Facility in Midtown East

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By Patrick Spauster Verified
| City Limits Verified
The Department of Homeless Services will not renew a contract for Mainchance, a homeless drop-in center on 33rd Street, after reports that the facility turned clients away in violation of city rules. Its closure would come shortly after the city shutters nearby Bellevue, the main intake center for single homeless men. The Mainchance Drop-in Center, located on East 32nd Street between Park and Lexington avenues in Manhattan. The city says it won’t renew its contract this spring.
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