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BHRAGS
Coverage of BHRAGS in the Nexus archive.
- NYC to move 110 single homeless men to quiet Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving locals worried: report
New York City plans to move 110 single homeless men to a Brooklyn shelter in Sheepshead Bay without conducting criminal background checks, causing concern among residents about increased crime. The Gold Star Inn shelter, operated by BHRAGS, will transition from housing families to single men, drawing criticism from locals and City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov over safety risks.
- NYC will monitor, not drop, nonprofit at center of federal corruption probe
New York City will continue monitoring BHRAGS, a nonprofit involved in a federal corruption probe, instead of dropping it. The city plans to award BHRAGS Home Care nearly $200 million in new contracts and convert an emergency shelter it operates near the Gowanus Canal into a permanent facility.