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Community Board 5 set
to host public hearing on
Glendale homeless 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
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Queens Community Board 5 will
hold a public hearing on the proposed
homeless shelter residence at
78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale at 7:30
p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, in Christ the
King’s auditorium at 68-02 Metropolitan
Ave.
After a tense town hall hosted by
Councilman Robert Holden on Sept.
20 provided over 400 Glendale
residents the chance to speak with
their elected officials on the project,
the Community Board event will
include a presentation with detailed
information on the project from the
Dept. of Social Services, the Dept.
of Homeless Services and Westhab,
the nonprofit selected to run the
facility.
After the city finishes its presentation,
the forum will also allow speakers
two to three minutes of time to
address the city agencies, depending
on how many pre-register to speak.
Though CB 5 previously opposed the
use of 78-16 Cooper Ave. for a homeless
shelter residence, the hearing
will detail the new plan from these
city agencies.
Following the hearing, the community
board will organize a meeting
of its executive committee and
the homeless services committee to
discuss the hearing further. It will
not schedule an advisory vote on the
issue until after these bodies meet.
In addition to providing housing
for these 200 adult males at this
location, Westhab plans to provide
other services planned including
job readiness training, job search assistance
and GED instruction; health
and mental health services; job development,
vocational training and
employment placement; screening,
assessments and interventions for
substance use; substance use treatment;
and conflict mediation, legal
services and housing placement
assistance.
The building will incorporate security
for 24 hours daily, seven days
a week including a minimum of six
security staff per shift and two security
supervisors per shift; and 75
security cameras at the subject site.
Westhab, a Yonkers-based nonprofit
organization focused on affordable
housing and homeless services, derives
the largest share of its revenue
from transitional housing.
Those interested in speaking at
the hearing can call the CB5 office
at 718-366-1834 or them at qnscb5@
nyc.rr.com. Speakers can also be registered
the night of the hearing, until
7:15 p.m. at the hearing location.
Anyone wishing to speak is asked
to pre-register by calling the Office
of Community Board 5, Queens at
718-366-1834, or by emailing the office
at qnscb5@nyc.rr.com. Speakers
will be limited to two to three minutes,
depending upon the number of
speakers registered.
The Community Board is also planning
to to live-stream the hearing at
www.nyc.gov/qnscb5.
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