Attention Riverdale

09/24/2023

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Ma*****na Dispensary Store Next Door to Homeless Shelter

Dear Neighbor,
As if Broadway doesn’t have enough problems, the New York State Cannabis Control Board has approved a provisional license for a ma*****na dispensary store, Erudito Herbals LLC, located at 6677 Broadway. This location is right next door to the homeless shelter for 140 men scheduled to open at 6661 Broadway in 2025.

As was discussed at the CB 8 September Public Safety committee meeting, the applicant will initially use the space to store and ship ma*****na product while a legal injunction is in place that prevents new dispensaries from opening in New York.

Once that injunction is lifted the store will transition to a retail store.

At some point in this process, the applicant will submit an application to Bronx Community Board 8 and attend a public meeting of the Board’s Public Safety committee, where there may be a vote. The role of the community board is advisory. No meeting date has been set.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

We all know that recreational ma*****na has been legalized in New York since 2021. Illegal shops have sprouted like weeds, (and should be shut down).

But should the state’s first ma*****na dispensary in Community Board 8 be located across from Van Cortlandt Park where children play and next door to a men’s homeless shelter?

Whatever your opinion, it is important to share your comments with our elected officials and Community Board 8.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz [email protected] (718) 796-5345
Senator Gustavo Rivera [email protected] (718) 933-2034
Councilman Eric Dinowitz [email protected] (718) 549-7300
Bronx Community Board 8 [email protected] (718) 884-3959

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Best,
Rob Spalter, chair
Broadway Community Alliance

07/11/2022

Broadway Community Alliance


Attention All, for anyone who can make it, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz and Councilman Eric Dinowitz are holding a press conference in opposition to the 130 men congregate shelter plan on:

Date: Tuesday, July 12
Time: 10:00 am
Place: 6661 Broadway and 262nd Street

A joint letter from them is going to the Department of Investigation, DHS, and other officials regarding new information because we all have questions about whether these new developments below pass the smell test.

Fact: We have learned that on May 31st 2022, 6661 BROADWAY INVESTORS LLC was incorporated in NYS as a DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

Fact: The CEO of 6661 BROADWAY INVESTORS name is listed as Mark Gold.
You may recall that the builder that AAPCI, the shelter provider, was working with was Court Square Real Estate Partners, and the same Mark Gold is also principal in that firm.

Fact: We know that the contract between AAPCI and DHS has not moved to the Comptroller’s office for approval or disapproval.

Fact: Obviously 6661 BROADWAY INVESTORS LLC is how whatever is being built will be financed and constructed.

Fact: The sale is going through. The merchants have been told that they must vacate by December 31 because the building will be demolished.

We do not understand if and how this change in financial structure is connected to AAPCI, the role of DHS, or if the publicly presented plan’s financials can be altered in this way.

We will keep you posted.

Please Make Every Effort to Attend!


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https://www.facebook.com/BroadwayCommunityAlliance

12/02/2021

LETS GET THE FACTS: Transitional Shelters are only stop gap solution, they are not a read solution, Homeless people don't live in a Transitional shelters they only sleep in them. Can't NYC do better with $200 Million investment? We think that the city and the DHS only want to dump and forget those people in the edge of the city so it will be someone's else problem Corazon Pineda The City of Yonkers Mike Spano

Get the facts- attentionriverdale.com

12/02/2021

Rep. Jamaal Bowman and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are just that: representatives. Their job is not to “school” their constituents on moral obligation, social contract, or the talking points of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Or to invent some vague concept of our community’s values.

Their job is to represent our constituents. Right now, some of their constituents are legitimately concerned about the effects of the city’s plan for a homeless shelter in North Riverdale. I urge them to listen to and accept their constituents, and to produce the “facts” in their claims for a dearth of ill effects of homeless shelters on their respective locations.

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are just that: representatives. Their job is not to “school” their constituents on moral obligation, social contract, or the talking points of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Or to invent some vague concept of our community.....

11/26/2021

Imagine that in one day without a warning, you find out through a community board meeting that your business will be closed in less than a year, after you been there for 25 years.... biaggi doesn’t care. We need to support those business now more than ever!

For some, the city’s plan to place a men’s homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway is troubling. For others, it’s personal. Ruby D**g and her family are among those who stand to lose something close to them if the city moves forward. They’re owners of King’s Wok Kitchen, a takeout restaurant tha...

11/25/2021

The writing was on the wall!
What’s even more concerning is that the AAPCI.org has the same red flags that CORE had.

Enough of the Same Same solution and business model that doesn’t work from the homeless people, the communities, giving our tax money away for corrupted organizations so they can get richer...

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CORE’s shelters will either be shuttered or transferred to new operators over the coming months, though no hard deadline was given for the end of operations.

11/21/2021

Hello Friends, Supporters, and Neighbors,

Many people have shown up to the Mayor's Office of Contracting Services public hearing this past Tuesday to testify and express their concerns about the proposed plan to open a 130 Single Men's Homeless Shelter on 262nd Street and Broadway.
Since the contract is still in review, we have a limited amount of time to act and make sure that our voices are heard! Please make an effort to send your testimony and concern to MOCS, DHS, and the Comptroller's office, urging that this contract not be registered.

To make it easy, we have a dedicated Link to allow you to email their officials Send an Email NOW to MOCS, DHS, and COMPTROLLER Officials.

You can also email them directly to this emails:

Lisa M. Flores (Contracts and Procurement) - [email protected]
Marjorie Landa (Audits and Investigations) - [email protected]
Mariel de la Cruz (CB8 liaison)- [email protected]
Kim Yu, Bureau Chief/Legal Counsel at [email protected]
Enrique Diaz, Director of Management Services at [email protected]
Vincent Pullo, DSS [email protected],
Victor Olds- [email protected]
Scott Stringer MOCS - [email protected]
On top of emails, we ask you to use the power of Facebook or Twitter to voice your concern to the following public officials. It's easy for them to ignore an email, but when we post or concern through social media everyone can see it, and it's harder for those public officials to ignore it!










As residents of this community and NYC, we must ask, Why is the city and the DSS trying to approve multiple shelters all at the same time, 41 days before our new mayor will take office on Jan. 1

Unfortunately, we are not the only community that needs to fight this. See below news coverage about what's happening in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and how they fighting it.

As a side note, we are looking for a lawyer who could help us take legal actions against some of the elements of this proposed plan. Please reach out to us if you or anyone you might know can help.

Thank you,
Attention Riverdale
-We are Stronger Together!

Hundreds of people turned out in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, rallying against plans to build a homeless shelter.

11/16/2021

Listen to what John Oliver has to say about the broken Shelter System and why we should change our way of thinking! Senator Alex Padilla Congressman Jamaal Bowman NYC Comptroller's Office

11/16/2021

Pipes can't take homeless shelter
To the editor:

(re: “Shelter reps are a no-show at CB8 land use meeting,” Nov. 4)

Nothing, not one thing, can be built on Broadway north of Mosholu Avenue until the sewer infrastructure on Broadway — from the Caryl Avenue city line with Yonkers, all the way down the hill to Mosholu — is brought into the 21st century.

I recently gave testimony to Community Board 8’s land use committee describing the explosive sewer overflow problems experienced by all the apartment buildings at the bottom of the Broadway hill, from West 260th Street south to Mosholu, whenever there is a torrential downpour.
https://riverdalepress.com/stories/pipes-cant-take-homeless-shelter,76614?

Nothing, not one thing, can be built on Broadway north of Mosholu Avenue until the sewer infrastructure on Broadway — from the Caryl Avenue city line with Yonkers, all the way down the hill to Mosholu — is brought into the 21st century.

11/16/2021

Senator Alessandra Biaggi Congressman Jamaal Bowman - Homeless Shelter and specially transitional shelters has been proven to fail.
Attention Riverdale

11/15/2021

https://mailchi.mp/5914ae70f627/130-mens-homeless-shelter-in-riverdale-8575349

Do you want to be on the speaker list on tomorrow's Mayor's Office of Contract Services, (MOCS) Public Hearing?  To help with the Public Hearing, please email [email protected] Today, if you would like to testify at the hearing. While this is not required, it will save you time and make the public...

11/14/2021

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