A new men’s homeless shelter is slated to open this spring on 1st Avenue and 61st St., Community Board 8 announced last week, which will house up to 200 people. A few thousand people have since signed a petition with the goal of stopping it.
“I don’t want anybody to get crazy, but there is going to be a new homeless shelter on the Upper East Side,” CB8 Board Chair Valerie Mason said at a board meeting.
The facility—which will sit above a Goodwill store at 1114 First Ave.—will be operated by Housing Solutions of New York, which also runs another shelter at 419 East 91st Street…