The city’s controversial plan to relocate hundreds of homeless men into the East Village was temporarily halted by a state judge Wednesday after concerned residents sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stop it.
The order issued by Manhattan Judge Sabrina Kraus likely will stop the city from opening the intake shelter along Third Street on May 1 as planned.
Kraus agreed to set a May 7 date for city officials and the East Villagers to appear in court to hash out their disagreements.
The center, and another along the Bowery, would have effectively replaced the notorious Bellevue homeless shelter the Mamdani administration plans to close by the end of the month.
But a coalition of East Village residents sued to halt the opening, contending city officials rushed through the process.