New York Manhattan Chinatown proposed to build a homeless shelter A number of overseas Chinese groups sent letters of protest

Source: China Overseas Chinese Network

According to the Us "World Journal" report, the New York City Government intends to set up a new homeless shelter in Manhattan's Chinatown, located on East Broadway, just a few steps away from the "Excelsior Mall".

The New York City Social Service Bureau (DSS) recently said that New York City's Safe Haven (Safe Haven) will set up a home for 120 people on East Broadway in 2023, giving priority to homeless people in Chinatown and Manhattan, and operated by "Care For The Homeless".

To this end, the Chinese Public Office in New York and more than a dozen subordinate overseas Chinese groups sent a letter of solemn protest, saying that under the overcrowding of many places near the Chinatown community, the community could not maintain another nomadic center without causing more problems for small businesses and residents.

The letter mentions that the East Broadway community has been struggling with the epidemic, and there are currently five similar drug rehabilitation centers in Chinatown, and if the city government builds a new homeless center here, it will make the local situation worse. All New York City communities should share the responsibility, but the city's concentration of homeless centers in Chinatown would place a huge burden on Chinatown.

A few days ago, Governor Kathy Hochul went to the Chinatown community to invest 20 million yuan as a fund for revitalizing the community after the epidemic, and the "Excelsior Mall" not far from 91 East Broadway is one of the key revitalization projects. The mall merchant said that after learning that the community received funds for revitalization, it felt "a glimmer of hope" and believed that with the help of the government, it would be able to help the East Broadway community return to its former glory. However, if a nomadic shelter center is set up in the bustling area of the community, it will also make businesses and residents feel worried and unsafe, "Now there are many homeless people wandering under the Manhattan Bridge at night, if the shelter center is opened again, I am afraid it will attract more homeless people to the community." ”