(AM NEW YORK) Rajvi Desai, March 23, 2018 — Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to turn the Park Savoy Hotel in midtown into a men’s homeless shelter drew extreme reactions from neighborhood businesses and residents.

Local businesses, such as 120 West 58 Wine and Liquor at 120 W. 58th St., denounced the mayor’s plan, which could go into effect as early as next month, and worried about whether the homeless would be bringing drugs into the community.

“You can’t have single men. Men are aggressive regardless, and if they have drugs or drinks in them, they might get dangerous,” said Shawn Kim, store owner. “If anything bad happens here because of the shelter, we are going to sue the mayor.”

Source: Homeless shelter at Park Savoy Hotel draws extreme reactions from residents, merchants | am New York.