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  February 24, 2022 West Side Rag

  Award-Winning Nonprofit Details Plans for New Supportive Housing Coming to 97th Street: ‘Ask Us Anything’

  The Fortune Society has a message for Upper West Siders with concerns about its new permanent supportive housing program being created at 258 W. 97th Street: Ask us anything.

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  February 23, 2022 Off The Grid

  Taking a Closer Look at “Fortune and Men’s Eyes”

  Telling the stories of incarcerated young men in the 1960s, Fortune and Men’s Eyes was a drama written by John Herbert in 1967 to process and analyze his own experience in Canada’s prison system

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  February 21, 2022 Newsday

  Study: Over half of jobless men had arrest records by 35, hindering prospects

  More than half of unemployed young men in the United States, including thousands on Long Island, have some sort of a criminal record by their mid-30s, according to new research.

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  February 17, 2022 New York Yimby

  Mayor Adams Shutters Illegal Hotel At 258 West 97th Street, Announces New Affordable Housing Building On Upper West Side

  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to construct a new 82-unit affordable housing property at 258 West 97th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

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  February 16, 2022 6SQFT

  Former illegal Upper West Side hotel will become apartments for homeless and low income residents

  As part of a larger plan to create much-needed affordable housing, Mayor Eric Adams has expressed his support for converting hotels to residential units.

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  February 14, 2022 Politico Pro

  City shuts down illegal hotel operation as part of $1.1M settlement

  An illegal hotel operator on the Upper West Side is on the hook for $1.1 million in penalties, as part of a settlement with the Adams administration to shut down a short-term rental operation.

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