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Ma*****na Dispensary Store Next Door to Homeless Shelter

Dear Neighbor,
As if Broadway doesn’t have enough problems, the New York State Cannabis Control Board has approved a provisional license for a ma*****na dispensary store, Erudito Herbals LLC, located at 6677 Broadway. This location is right next door to the homeless shelter for 140 men scheduled to open at 6661 Broadway in 2025.

As was discussed at the CB 8 September Public Safety committee meeting, the applicant will initially use the space to store and ship ma*****na product while a legal injunction is in place that prevents new dispensaries from opening in New York.

Once that injunction is lifted the store will transition to a retail store.

At some point in this process, the applicant will submit an application to Bronx Community Board 8 and attend a public meeting of the Board’s Public Safety committee, where there may be a vote. The role of the community board is advisory. No meeting date has been set.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

We all know that recreational ma*****na has been legalized in New York since 2021. Illegal shops have sprouted like weeds, (and should be shut down).

But should the state’s first ma*****na dispensary in Community Board 8 be located across from Van Cortlandt Park where children play and next door to a men’s homeless shelter?

Whatever your opinion, it is important to share your comments with our elected officials and Community Board 8.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz [email protected] (718) 796-5345
Senator Gustavo Rivera [email protected] (718) 933-2034
Councilman Eric Dinowitz [email protected] (718) 549-7300
Bronx Community Board 8 [email protected] (718) 884-3959

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Best,
Rob Spalter, chair
Broadway Community Alliance

Broadway Community Alliance


Attention All, for anyone who can make it, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz and Councilman Eric Dinowitz are holding a press conference in opposition to the 130 men congregate shelter plan on:

Date: Tuesday, July 12
Time: 10:00 am
Place: 6661 Broadway and 262nd Street

A joint letter from them is going to the Department of Investigation, DHS, and other officials regarding new information because we all have questions about whether these new developments below pass the smell test.

Fact: We have learned that on May 31st 2022, 6661 BROADWAY INVESTORS LLC was incorporated in NYS as a DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

Fact: The CEO of 6661 BROADWAY INVESTORS name is listed as Mark Gold.
You may recall that the builder that AAPCI, the shelter provider, was working with was Court Square Real Estate Partners, and the same Mark Gold is also principal in that firm.

Fact: We know that the contract between AAPCI and DHS has not moved to the Comptroller’s office for approval or disapproval.

Fact: Obviously 6661 BROADWAY INVESTORS LLC is how whatever is being built will be financed and constructed.

Fact: The sale is going through. The merchants have been told that they must vacate by December 31 because the building will be demolished.

We do not understand if and how this change in financial structure is connected to AAPCI, the role of DHS, or if the publicly presented plan’s financials can be altered in this way.

We will keep you posted.

Please Make Every Effort to Attend!


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LETS GET THE FACTS: Transitional Shelters are only stop gap solution, they are not a read solution, Homeless people don't live in a Transitional shelters they only sleep in them. Can't NYC do better with $200 Million investment? We think that the city and the DHS only want to dump and forget those people in the edge of the city so it will be someone's else problem Corazon Pineda The City of Yonkers Mike Spano

Get the facts- attentionriverdale.com

Homelessness and the reason that this proposed plan is bad idea from the first place

Rep. Jamaal Bowman and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are just that: representatives. Their job is not to “school” their constituents on moral obligation, social contract, or the talking points of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Or to invent some vague concept of our community’s values.

Their job is to represent our constituents. Right now, some of their constituents are legitimately concerned about the effects of the city’s plan for a homeless shelter in North Riverdale. I urge them to listen to and accept their constituents, and to produce the “facts” in their claims for a dearth of ill effects of homeless shelters on their respective locations.

Build it in your backyard U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are just that: representatives. Their job is not to “school” their constituents on moral obligation, social contract, or the talking points of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Or to invent some vague concept of our community.....

Imagine that in one day without a warning, you find out through a community board meeting that your business will be closed in less than a year, after you been there for 25 years.... biaggi doesn’t care. We need to support those business now more than ever!

Homeless shelter's arrival means businesses must go For some, the city’s plan to place a men’s homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway is troubling. For others, it’s personal. Ruby D**g and her family are among those who stand to lose something close to them if the city moves forward. They’re owners of King’s Wok Kitchen, a takeout restaurant tha...

The writing was on the wall!
What’s even more concerning is that the AAPCI.org has the same red flags that CORE had.

Enough of the Same Same solution and business model that doesn’t work from the homeless people, the communities, giving our tax money away for corrupted organizations so they can get richer...

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City orders scandal-marred shelter operator CORE Services to shut down CORE’s shelters will either be shuttered or transferred to new operators over the coming months, though no hard deadline was given for the end of operations.

Hello Friends, Supporters, and Neighbors,

Many people have shown up to the Mayor's Office of Contracting Services public hearing this past Tuesday to testify and express their concerns about the proposed plan to open a 130 Single Men's Homeless Shelter on 262nd Street and Broadway.
Since the contract is still in review, we have a limited amount of time to act and make sure that our voices are heard! Please make an effort to send your testimony and concern to MOCS, DHS, and the Comptroller's office, urging that this contract not be registered.

To make it easy, we have a dedicated Link to allow you to email their officials Send an Email NOW to MOCS, DHS, and COMPTROLLER Officials.

You can also email them directly to this emails:

Lisa M. Flores (Contracts and Procurement) - [email protected]
Marjorie Landa (Audits and Investigations) - [email protected]
Mariel de la Cruz (CB8 liaison)- [email protected]
Kim Yu, Bureau Chief/Legal Counsel at [email protected]
Enrique Diaz, Director of Management Services at [email protected]
Vincent Pullo, DSS [email protected],
Victor Olds- [email protected]
Scott Stringer MOCS - [email protected]
On top of emails, we ask you to use the power of Facebook or Twitter to voice your concern to the following public officials. It's easy for them to ignore an email, but when we post or concern through social media everyone can see it, and it's harder for those public officials to ignore it!










As residents of this community and NYC, we must ask, Why is the city and the DSS trying to approve multiple shelters all at the same time, 41 days before our new mayor will take office on Jan. 1

Unfortunately, we are not the only community that needs to fight this. See below news coverage about what's happening in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and how they fighting it.

As a side note, we are looking for a lawyer who could help us take legal actions against some of the elements of this proposed plan. Please reach out to us if you or anyone you might know can help.

Thank you,
Attention Riverdale
-We are Stronger Together!

Rally Held Against Plans To Build Homeless Shelter In Sunset Park Hundreds of people turned out in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, rallying against plans to build a homeless shelter.

Pipes can't take homeless shelter
To the editor:

(re: “Shelter reps are a no-show at CB8 land use meeting,” Nov. 4)

Nothing, not one thing, can be built on Broadway north of Mosholu Avenue until the sewer infrastructure on Broadway — from the Caryl Avenue city line with Yonkers, all the way down the hill to Mosholu — is brought into the 21st century.

I recently gave testimony to Community Board 8’s land use committee describing the explosive sewer overflow problems experienced by all the apartment buildings at the bottom of the Broadway hill, from West 260th Street south to Mosholu, whenever there is a torrential downpour.
https://riverdalepress.com/stories/pipes-cant-take-homeless-shelter,76614?

Pipes can't take homeless shelter Nothing, not one thing, can be built on Broadway north of Mosholu Avenue until the sewer infrastructure on Broadway — from the Caryl Avenue city line with Yonkers, all the way down the hill to Mosholu — is brought into the 21st century.

Senator Alessandra Biaggi Congressman Jamaal Bowman - Homeless Shelter and specially transitional shelters has been proven to fail.
Attention Riverdale

https://mailchi.mp/5914ae70f627/130-mens-homeless-shelter-in-riverdale-8575349

URGENT: Do you want to testify tomorrow? Do you want to be on the speaker list on tomorrow's Mayor's Office of Contract Services, (MOCS) Public Hearing?  To help with the Public Hearing, please email [email protected] Today, if you would like to testify at the hearing. While this is not required, it will save you time and make the public...

Speak Up! Use this link to send a message to our public officials against the homeless shelter!

Thank you Mr Dinowitz. We appreciate your support

Jeff Dinowitz - I SAY NO! The city will be paying nearly $200 million to the operator of this shelter which will be making about $160 a night per homeless person that will be coming t...

Jeff is connected to this community! He attend the community calls, show up on protests, and actually respond to emails and phone calls! Unlike Senator Alessandra Biaggi and Congressman Jamaal Bowman

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz , know very well that this is a bad plan for the homeless people and for our community!

The only one that benefiting from the plan is the African American Planning Commission, Inc. who will be making nearly $200 million from this proposed plan.

Each night that a homeless person (or as they call them their CLIENTS), will check-in to the transitional shelter, African American Planning Commission, Inc. will get about $160 a night per homeless person. - That homeless person will not get a room of their own, they will share that room 8 people in a room!.

You can book a night at the Hilton in Manhattan with a Queen Size bed, pool access and breakfast for $163 a night! - You don't believe us? - https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/rooms/?ctyhocn=NYCMLHH&arrivalDate=2021-11-24&departureDate=2021-11-25&room1NumAdults=2&inputModule=HOTEL_SEARCH&viewPackagesAndPromotionsRate=true&WT.mc_id=zLADA0US1HH2OLX3GGL4ADVSP5LF6_NYCMLHH7_281530522_&hmGUID=dff23cbe-9d5b-412c-9f75-458f9d5fee41

Jeff Dinowitz - I SAY NO! The city will be paying nearly $200 million to the operator of this shelter which will be making about $160 a night per homeless person that will be coming t...

Our Petition surpassed the 1500 signatures! The next stop - 2000!
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Powerful comments to the recent Riverdale Press article (https://riverdalepress.com/stories/shelter-reps-are-a-no-show-at-cb8-land-use-meeting,76518) about the proposed homeless Shelter directed to Senator Alessandra Biaggi and Congressman Jamaal Bowman. Thank you Sherry Bobrowsky!

Sherry Bobrowsky
To: Sen Biaggi and Congressman Bowman
RE: The proposed homeless shelter for 261st sStreet

As a long standing resident of this community, a doctor and consumer advocate, I am truly shocked that both Senator Biaggi and Congressman Bowman both support this proposed homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway for 130 single men. This is both a safety concern for the community as well as for the proposed 130 single homeless men.

Having at least 6 homeless men in one room, 130 in the proposed building is truly “warehousing” these vulnerable human beings. Prisons have more sq. footage per person plus COs to oversee their population. Small group homes like Children’s Village would be truly helpful, that is, if help is the goal and not $$$$. If a fight should arise or multiple fights, who will intervene with 130 men packed together?

If a person has a psychiatric problem this is not the proper venue unless warehousing” is the inhumane goal. If a person is a drug addict or trying to recover - drug rehabs should be created instead of “dumping” people that are entitled to real help. If a person is a child molester OMG, will you condone such close proximity to so many children? Senator and Congressman, look at the Yonkers “Sharing Community” and please shadow some real people living in such a homeless shelter for a full 24-48 hours. I doubt you will or can. Such shelters allow people in at 9 pm and out by 6 AM. What will be done for these 130 men during the entire day? In Yonkers/Getty Sq., the homeless wander or go to the Yonkers Public Library during the day to read newspapers and sleep, waiting for time to pass. Tell me, what are the productive plans for these people needing intensive “help” for their serious issues in lieu of “warehousing”?

Let’s not forget that during covid, many small business were forced to close. This proposal will be evicting FOUR stores including a Chines restaurant that has been at this location for over 20 years. Shame. By wrongfully evicting these legitimate small businesses, will you not be adding to more potential homeless especially during covid times?

In summary, this proposed homeless shelter must not come to fruition. An environment set up like Children’s Village would actually help those who need and deserve “real help”. As a doctor and consumer advocate, I am truly shocked that both Senator Biaggi and Congressman Bowman support this proposed warehousing of human beings. I request their personal presence at the zoom meetings we are having as well as in-person meetings with groups of residents who live in and around the proposed site. I look forward to our direct communication where true and honest details will be disclosed followed by back and forth communication of “facts”. Thank you.
Dr. Bobrowsky

https://www.attentionriverdale.com/

Westchester Eye on the Radio will feature a continuation of the show topic this week about the proposed North Riverdale homeless shelter.
The guest will be Richard Espinal, a Riverdale resident who lives in the impacted zone. The show will broadcast on WVOX 1460am and streamed live at wvox.com from 3-4pm. Tune in tomorrow 11/8/2021. Former WCBS News reporter, Lou Young will co host. .
Listeners can call in to comment at 914-636-0110.

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SHAME SHAME SHAME... Biaggi issued a statement to support the proposed 130 Single Men's Shelter in Riverdale...

SENATOR BIAGGI ISSUES STATEMENT ON PROPOSED HOMELESS SHELTER IN RIVERDALE “Riverdale has always been a community devoted to lending a helping hand and assisting those in need. These deeply rooted principles make me proud to represent Riverdale and are core values underlying my support for the newly proposed homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway in Riverdale.

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Tune in to Westchester Radio WVOX 1460AM for The Westchester Eye Radio Show for their special coverage about The Homeless Shelter- Tomorrow, Monday November 1st between 3-4 pm.
They will open it up to comments from the listeners at approximately 3:20pm. - Anyone wishing to comment should call 914-636-0110.

Reminder that we need you to attend The Bronx Community Board 8 Land Use Committee meeting today at 7pm which will discuss the proposed 130 Single Men Shelter - 6661 Broadway
Zoom Conference link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2114033690
Call In: 1 (646) 558 8656 | Access Code: 2114033690

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We learned that today between 12-6pm Congressman Jamaal Bowman will have his mobile constituent services here at the Y!

He will be using the theater today and will be taking questions and addressing the concerns from members of the community.

As a reminder, Jamaal have yet to express his opinion about the Proposed 130 Single Men's Homeless Shelter on 6661 and Broadway.

We know its a short notice, but please try to make your way to the Y to address your concerns about the planned Homeless Shelter!

PLEASE READ: Jamaal Bowman will be at the Y today between the hours of 12-6pm We learned that today between 12-6pm Congressman Jamaal Bowman will have his mobile constituent services here at the Y! He will be using the theater today and will be taking questions and addressing the concerns from members of the community. 

Dear Community and Neighbors,

We urge you to attend an The Bronx Community Board 8 Land Use Committee meeting which will discuss the proposed 130 Single Men Shelter - 6661 Broadway

DATE: Monday, November 1st
TIME: 7:00 PM
Zoom Conference link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2114033690
Call In: 1 (646) 558 8656 | Access Code: 2114033690 #

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As a 10-year resident of downtown Seattle back when all the Super Left Uber-Liberalles thought these things were a great idea, I can PROMISE you that you WILL see crime rise.
Belltown was once the highest priced area of downtown SEA and within two years it became the area that NOBODY went to after dark then shortly not at all. Businesses closed, passed-out bodies and needles everywhere, 24-hour panhandling and hundreds of assaults. Look it up. The stats don't lie. Property owners and business owners had better get real and real quick.

Michael, Master of Reality,

Michael,: As a 10-year resident of downtown Seattle back when all the Super Left Uber-Liberalles thought these things were a great idea, I can PROMISE you that you WILL see crime rise. Belltown was once the highest priced area of downtown SEA and... Mayor Bill de Blasio: Riverdale Petition Regarding Proposed Men's Homeless Shelter at 262nd Street and Broadway