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East Village residents who voted for New York MayorZohran Mamdaniby a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from becoming a temporary homeless shelter.
The lawsuit,filed with the New York City Supreme Court on Monday, shows hesitation even among Mamdani supporters about the cost of implementing some of his plans.
News of the lawsuit has prompted conservative mockery online, with figures like Sen.Ted Cruz,R-Texas, noting the irony of Mamdani’s supporters turning on the fruits of his administration.
“Oops,” Sen.Ted Cruz saidin a post to X.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a press conference at La Marqueta in East Harlem on April 14, 2026, outlining plans for city-run grocery stores aimed at lowering food prices.(New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference announcing a city-run grocery store plan in East Harlem.)
“No one is more ‘not in my backyard’ than white progressives.This community voted for Mamdani in a landslide but don’t want to live with the consequences,” Michael Henry, a former New York attorney general candidate, wroteon social media.
“Not shocked,” Sen.Rick Scott, R-Fla., saidin a postof his own.
Election District 45, the area that includes East Village, voted for Mamdani in a 70.1% victory over independent candidateAndrew Cuomo,who garnered just 26.0% of the vote.
Even so, 10 residents joined the Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement (VOICE) in their suit against the city after Mamdani announced plans earlier this year to turn a building at 8 East 3rd Street into a citywide intake shelter tohouse homeless adult men.
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Trains arrive and depart at the Queensboro Plaza subway station with the New York City skyline visible behind on Dec.23, 2005.(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The filing argues the cityfast-tracked the processwithout proper environmental and legal safeguards.
“It challenges the city’s hastily made and legally invalid decision to locate a new citywide homeless adult male intake center at 8 East 3rd Street without following any of the legal requirements that must precede such a significant and consequential decision,”the filing reads.
To circumvent them, the complaint notes that Mamdani relied onan emergency declarationfrom 2022 — a power originally issued to handle an influx of asylum-seekers.
Mamdani announced the temporary housing project at 8 East 3rd Street as a way to accommodate the closure of Bellevue Shelter, a separate homeless intake site that the mayor’s office said had deteriorated too far for use.
“The Department of Social Services (DSS) and Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will immediately implement an operational plan to vacate 30th Street and relocate the critical functions to other sites.There are approximately 250 individuals in the shelter and the DSS is working to relocate these individuals by mid-March,” Mamdani’s office saidin a press release.
NYC LANDLORDS FIRE BACK AT ‘RACIST’ MAMDANI AIDE’S CLAIM THAT TIES HOMEOWNERSHIP TO ‘WHITE SUPREMACY’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at the Service Employees International Union 32BJ SEIU rally on Park Avenue in Manhattan on April 15, 2026.(Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)
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The mayor’s office also detailed that a second accommodation site would be opened at 333 Bowery St., beginning on May 1, to house families without minor children.
The New York Supreme Court has not yet responded to requests for emergency relief that would pause the city’s plans.
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