We demand safe and clean streets on the Upper West Side

I’m a mother of two public school students living in the heart of the UWS. We need these shelters to close. It is unsafe.

Please make this neighborhood safe. I'm older and am very concerned about going out.

Thank you for doing this!

This situation with the homeless in hotels in our neighborhood is untenable. I have already been threatened by a couple of these people and have seen active drug use.

I saw a man shooting up outside my apt. bldg. at 83 and West End Ave.

I’ve been on UWS since the late 70’s... I’ve never felt more unsafe or seen so Much deterioration so fast since DI blasio

There are plenty of other hosting places those guys can go to- hotels around ariports for example - where they can have the same service but less impact on the surroundings. Why not move them there ?

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The City doesn't care about us residents. They do what they want. We must have a voice in what sort of environment we want to live in. They should not have relocated the shelters to any of the 3 locations on the UWS.

I am a parent of 2 young children, using these hotels as homeless shelters makes our neighborhood less safe for our children. Of course we want to help the homeless but there has to be a better solution than putting a high concentration of homeless people with mental health conditions, drug addiction and sex offender history in a family neighborhood.

It’s not to do with politics or politics. The neighborhood has become unsafe since covid and residents feel it. If you live here, you know this.

I am born and raised in Manhattan, living on the UWS for over a decade. Never have I felt unsafe in this community until now. I fear walking through the neighborhood during the daytime, forget about leaving at night. My healthcare business contributes to the tax base of this community, and employs 6 people. We no longer feel safe walking into our office. This is not a political issue, nor a NIMBY issue, nor a race issue. One of my jobs in college, that helped me pay my way, was working in a family homeless shelter. I worked overnights and weekends while in school. I was never afraid. What has happened to the UWS is a nightmare. Putting hundreds of homeless men, many of whom are active substance users, some who are sex offenders, in hotels with inadequate oversight and poor infrastructure is just bad judgment and speaks to the myriad ways our city has failed. I believe homeless people deserve safe housing. There is a difference between that and turning the UWS into the SRO, drug-addled nightmare that it was 25-30 years ago. I spent some time out of the city and when I came back, immediately felt my anxiety return. I saw a man, half naked, pushing a grocery cart yesterday, shouting things at people (no mask), getting close to people in an intimidating manner, and then as he walked by a mother who was sitting outside with a baby carriage reach toward the baby. The police have their hands tied thanks to the extreme ineptitude of our current leadership. I have always voted as a liberal, but the radical leftists are out of their minds when they suggest that this current situation is reasonable. Everyone is a radical leftist until they themselves suffer the consequences (being victimized by a robbery or assault, having to protect a business, etc). My synagogue has opened for socially distant services on Friday evenings...I will NOT attend, not out of Covid fears (I always wear a mask), but because I am afraid to walk home at night from the shul. We all need to wake up. Two

The neighborhood simply can't absorb hundreds of men in a 10 block radius. It should be spread out amongst the city and the outer boroughs. I've lived on the UWS for twenty years and its not fair to simply bring this group men (even some sex offenders?) in without any conversation or consult with community leaders. Most people have compassion and empathy for this group during this time, but it's too many people coupled with the issues of the health crisis, limited budget for police and sanitation, open storefronts etc. This is a recipe for disaster and unsafe for everyone, and that includes the homeless.

I have lived in the neighborhood for 35years and I am by no means "rich".I am scared to leave my apartment thanks to Mayor Di Blasio's gleefully housing homeless people on the UWS.I would have no problem if these relocated people were families or individuals that through no fault of there own find themselves in need of housing.Unfortunately this is not the case.A significant number of the people are drug users, alcoholics,and mentally ill.They have taken over the streets and sidewalks, are harassing people that are just trying to pass by, leaving needles, broken bottles and garbage in the streets and forced me to leave my home to live with my sister in Long Island. I was literally afraid for my safety.I find it incredibly sad and frankly a disgrace that Mayor Di Blasio purposely choose these hotels when Manhattan so desperately need all residents to feel safe to live in there own homes during these difficult times.

I feel unsafe in my neighborhood. I have lived here for 40+ plus years. It was bad in the 70s and 80s. It cleaned up a lot since then! Now its going backwards to those days where it does not feel safe and crime has been happening more than ever before. At night I hear men screaming in the middle of the night! These men need help and services. They should be provided with tools to help them get better. I also feel uneasy because of children. I was told there were sex offenders in both locations. This is mind blowing that this would be allowed. Shame On the council women in these areas!!!! For not knowing better nor investigating! They have failed their community. They are both HAGS ! They like to dish it but cant take the heat they should be in! I also want to know where are mental health services for people in general!!! The city needs to majorly improve in this matter! Del Blasio is turning this city into garbage.

Safer alternatives must be instituted.

Let's do something to stop this! Its wrong on so many level. We pay high taxes and rents to live in UWS which now looks like trash and feels unsafe!

You can add to the list The Excelsior 81st St and Columbus and a halfway home located at 108 W 83rd St ; one of at least 5 halfway homes in zip codes 10024 10025. A level 2 sex offender and a resident of 108 W 83rd nearly killed a woman walking her dog at 85th st and CPW during a rape attempt. The assault left her nearly paralyzed, a doorman who witnessed the attack saw how he quicked her in the chest and broke her sternum. A man killed his roommate at this halfway home with a kitchen knife, early this year. And the most prominent drug raid in the uws in the last ten years took place at 108 W 83rd St and is neighboring buildings - all across the street from PS9.

I have lived on 76th and riverside for 6 years. I’m a single woman and now feel unsafe in my own neighborhood due to the recent movement of homeless and sex offenders into hotels on the UWS. I pay a high rent for not just a beautiful neighborhood but also for safety.

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