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Derek Evers

is the former digital director for City & State and a resident of Ridgewood, Queens.

New York City

Opinion

The Glendale homeless shelter fight is really about a housing shortage

Last week, New Yorkers were shocked by the hostility of opposition to a proposed shelter in Glendale, Queens, but shelters are the inevitable byproduct of a housing shortage, writes area resident former City & State staffer Derek Evers.