Veterans Demand Repairs at Homeless Shelter in Long Island City

Over 200 Veterans in Bind as New York City Clashes With VA Due to Funding Lapse

For years, the program has funded beds at the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence in Long Island City, NY, serving more than 200 veterans.

Veterans demand repairs at homeless shelter in Long Island City

LONG ISLAND CITY (PIX11) — Veterans and local lawmakers confronted the city’s social services commissioner about conditions inside the Borden Avenue Veterans' Residence.

Won, Wong Call Out "Inhumane" Conditions at LIC Veterans Shelter

Two Queens lawmakers are calling for changes at a shelter in Long Island City, after making an unannounced visit last week that they say revealed “inhumane” conditions. On Thursday, Council Members Julie Won and Phil Wong arrived at the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence, a 243-bed shelter for homeless veterans operated by a city contractor called […]

CMs Wong, Won confront DSS commissioner outside Borden Avenue veterans shelter

Council Members Phil Wong and Julie Won joined a number of veterans and advocates outside the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence on Monday, Oct. 5, to confront Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Erin Dalton over conditions at the shelter. Wong and Won had sought to conduct an unannounced oversight visit at the shelter last…