Alicia Boyd was on Living For the City to discuss the Hotel to Shelter Scam Her interview begins at ~14:00 “Living For the City”, Michael G. Haskins Show on WBAI Michael G Haskings’ Show “Living for the City” Location: WBAI Radio 99.5 FM or wbai.org
As residents comb through the limited amount of information on DHS’s shelter facilities it is not hard to see a pattern of discrimination where most of the shelters and supportive housing in Brooklyn are located in communities of color, thus, heightening the risk of the destabilization of Black neighborhoods and putting vulnerable populations at Read more…
The Stop Ramada Shelter will be conducting a Protest and Demonstration at City Hall Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 12 noon! Location: City Hall, Directions Trains: 2,3,4,5,6, A,C,R,N, & W.
Over 400 people from the community came out to CB9’s Town Hall meeting on Tuesday May 12th, to gain information and express their frustration over the proposed opening of the Ramada Shelter located at 169 Empire Blvd serviced by “Project Renewal”. The main concern was the lack of transparency, lack of due process, no consideration for Read more…
Spread the Word and Join Us!! Brooklyn Community Board 9 Town Hall Meeting Brooklyn CB 9 will be hosting a Town Hall with the City and shelter provider “Project Renewal” regarding a brand new shelter for 140 Men with Mental Illness and Chemical Addiction (MICA) problems being proposed at the Ramada Hotel 169 Read more…
Councilperson Crystal Hudson is at it again! As another contentious shelter is being proposed in her district, she is nowhere to be found. Over a hundred people met yesterday, April 30, 2026, to discuss the planned men’s shelter on Empire Blvd between Bedford and Rogers. Folks expressed outrage and a Read more…
The Community Just Got Notified! Men’s Shelter Opening June 1st! Location: the Ramanda Inn on Empire Blvd, between Bedford and Rogers Ave. Residents in the community are organizing, demanding that the City stop violating the Fair Share Act and stop over populating Community Board 9 with shelters. The only way to Read more…
Assemblymember Brian Cunningham sent a letter to Erin Dalton, the Department of Social Services Commissioner and Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressing his concerns regarding the proposed Ramada Shelter placement on Empire Blvd. Still waiting for Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest to confirm her position regarding the Shelter!
Alicia Boyd spoke with Michael G Haskins on March 11th to provide updates on the fight to get developers to properly protect community as they develop on a toxic site at 73-99 Empire Blvd. Alicia’s segment begins at 33:40
NYC shelters need ‘reassessment’ after Gothamist probe into violent site, lawmaker says Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A Gothamist investigation into long-standing dangerous conditions at the 200-bed Tillary Street Women’s Shelter in Downtown Brooklyn shows why homeless people sometimes choose to sleep on the streets rather than enter New York City’s shelter system, Read more…