Men's shelter next to Bellevue to close

The huge men’s homeless shelter next to Bellevue Hospital is being shut down. The city says it is badly deteriorated and will undergo a major redevelopment. The 250 residents will be relocated by mid-March. The site’s intake centers will be moved to other places in Manhattan and a number of new shelters will open in the next six months. The shelter was the point of entry for single men and adult families seeking emergency shelter in the city. Some say the closure will be disruptive but homeless advocates have long argued that more people are helped with smaller sites such as the Safe Havens Mayor Mamdani opened during the brutal cold snap this winter.