The City section has an article about the proposed new "supportive" housing unit pegged for 16th Street and Fifth Avenue for low income and mentally ill patients. The building would have social services on the premises.
The project has been met, no surprise, with some opposition from a small group of neighbors who claim that such housing poses a risk to children and may cause their property values to drop.

Oh come on. I’m sorry. Misinformation and fear can pose a risk to children, too.

According to Michelle de la Uz, executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, social services will be offered at the building five days a week, along with additional 24-hour phone support, 24-hour front desk security and a live-in superintendent. An extensive screening for potential tenants will include psychiatric evaluations, reviews of their housing histories and criminal background checks, she added, and they will have to have incomes of under $30,000.
“A handful of people are unfortunately misinformed,” Ms. de la Uz said of the neighborhood opponents. “They have some very legitimate questions and concerns, which we have answered. But a lot of their fears are based on a misunderstanding of who the tenant population will be.”