Supporters Turn On Mamdani For Slipping In Homeless Shelter Under Their Noses
Mark Tanos
Contributor
April 24, 2026
The same East Village voters who handed Mayor Zohran Mamdani a landslide victory are now hauling him into court over a homeless intake center he fast-tracked into their neighborhood.
Residents in Election District 45 gave Mamdani 70.1% of the vote over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo’s 26%, according to Fox News. A group of those residents and the Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement (VOICE) filed suit Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court to block the city from converting a building at 8 East 3rd Street into a citywide homeless intake center for adult men.
The lawsuit claims the administration bypassed required environmental reviews and community input by invoking a 2022 emergency declaration originally tied to the asylum-seeker crisis, Fox News reported. (RELATED: Mamdani Finds Way To Downplay Homeless Deaths After Deadly Blizzard)
The site currently functions as a 175-bed transitional housing facility run by Project Renewal, according to PIX11. The plaintiffs argue the surrounding area already bears a disproportionate share of the city’s social services. A state judge granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday, freezing the plan, NY1 reported. Both sides return to court May 7.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/24/mamdani-supporters-sue-east-village-homeless-shelter/