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February 15, 2022 Harlem World MagazineMayor Adams Announces New Affordable Homes For Low-Income And Formerly Homeless On The Upper West Side
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced a settlement that paves the way for the creation of 82 affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers at 258 West 97th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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February 16, 2022 West Side Rag
City Touts Victory Over ‘Illegal Hotel Operator’ with $2M in Fines, 82 Affordable Units Planned; But Owner Has Sold the Buildings for Over $70M
On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams and the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement (OSE) issued a press release announcing the City had “shut down illegal hotel operator” Hank Freid, concluding a protracted legal battle.
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February 14, 2022 I Love the Upper West Side
Mayor Shuts Down Illegal Hotel, Plans to Convert it to Housing for Homeless, Low-Income
The terms of the settlement state that 258 West 97th Street — which Freid has illegally operated as Royal Park International Hotel — will be transformed into “82 affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers.”
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February 14, 2022 Upper West Side Patch
Illegal UWS Hotel Will Be Turned Into 82-Unit Affordable Housing
Mayor Eric Adams announced that the UWS address of a former illegal hotel will be turned into new housing for formerly homeless and others.
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February 15, 2022 The Villager
Adams makes plan to stop illegal hotel operators and create affordable homes for Manhattan residents
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced earlier on Monday a settlement that discontinues the operation of illegal hotels and allows low-income families affordable homes on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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February 15, 2022 Queens Daily Eagle
Fortune Society exec. talks criminal justice reform
For the past seven months, Stanley Richards saw the dysfunction on Rikers Island first-hand, on a daily basis.
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