6 SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Public hearing set for proposed shelter
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Controversial plans for a homeless
shelter in Glendale will be the
focus of a Community Board 5
public hearing scheduled to take place
next month at Middle Village’s Christ
the King High School.
The session will take place at
7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, at
the high school located at 68-02
Metropolitan Ave.
The hearing comes after the
Department of Homeless Services
confirmed that is not only proceeding
with its plan to turn the abandoned
factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave.
in Glendale into a shelter, but that it
will also open a facility for homeless
residents in Ridgewood as well.
The event is likely to attract strong
opinions and community attendance
given the six-year campaign that
community organizations and local
politicians have waged against
the shelter. District Manager Gary
Giordano said that the meeting room
at Christ the King High School could
fit 800 residents comfortably.
Giordano said that the community
board chose to hold the hearing
solely on the Glendale shelter
The former factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale, where the city plans to open a homeless shelter, is shown
undergoing renovation in this April 2019 photo. Photo: Robert Pozarycki/QNS
because he did not want to mix the
issues around that facility with the
one in Ridgewood. The Glendale
facility is expected to open sooner,
and Giordano didn’t think that there
would be a suitable spot that could
accommodate residents from both
geographic areas.
The Cooper Avenue site will
house 200 single individuals who
are currently employed or seeking
employment and is expected to
open in early 2020. The Ridgewood
location, at 1616 Summerfield St.,
will house 132 families with children
and is expected to open late
in 2020.
The community board will hold a
separate hearing for the Ridgewood
shelter at on a date to be disclosed in
the future.
“What I’m looking to do and what
I think the board is hoping to do is
have a calm respectful public hearing
and come up with our own recommendations
as far as the plan is
with the homeless,” said Giordano,
emphasizing that he thought being
calm, respectful and thoughtful
is critical.
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