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Sepulveda, Reyes Host Parkchester
Single Mens Shelter Town Hall
Senator Luis Sepulveda and Assemblywoman Karines Reyes co-host Informational Town Hall on proposed single mens Parkchester shelter on Friday, May 3 at St. Helena’s Church. The proposed 165-
men looking for work shelter would be located at 2008 Westchester Avenue, near two schools and a library. The operator of the proposed shelter would be Samaritan Village.
(above) Senator Sepulveda (l) addressed the crowd, with (l-r) Assemblywoman Reyes, and Community Advisory Board members former Parkchester NAACP Branch president Beverly Roberts
and Annabel Palma, commissioner. (top left) Parkchester resident Zenola Norwood (r) let her feelings be known about the proposed shelter. (bottom left) Tensions began to run high early
in the discussion. (middle) Bronx Charter School for Excellence, which neighbors the proposed shelter, student Stanley showed his opposition to the proposed shelter.(top right) (front, l-r)
Parkchester NAACP Branch members Anthony Ellis, fi rst vice president; Jessica Harrison, president; Christopher Oyathelemi, treasurer and Gordon Edwards, (back, c), health chairman. (bottom
right) Dr. Charlene Reid (l), Excellence Community CEO and founder, shared her disapproval of the proposed shelter. Photos by Laura Stone
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