Homeless Shelter Question

The Mayor seems determined to open a homeless shelter for 140 single men at 158 W. 58th Street in the Park Savoy Hotel, which is just a few doors down from this middle class rental building. After a lawsuit was brought to block the shelter, a New York trial court and an appeals court have given the city the green light. According to reports, all that is missing is a permit from a NY State agency. A coalition of local interests is so upset that they paid for billboards attacking the Mayor when he campaigned in Iowa. It is claimed that the Mayor only wants to locate this shelter here because the building backs up on a "billionaire" condo building on 57th St. The shame is that middle class residents are caught in the crossfire.