There’s no shelter – for now.

The city’s controversial plan to relocate hundreds of homeless men into the East Village was temporarily halted by a state judge Wednesday after concerned residents sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stop it.

Workers unloading materials at a men’s shelter in the East Village. Helayne Seidman for the NY Post

The order issued by Manhattan Judge Sabrina Kraus likely will stop the city from opening the intake shelter along Third Street on May 1 as planned.

Kraus agreed to set a May 7 date for city officials and the East Villagers to appear in court to hash out their disagreements.

The center, and another along the Bowery, would have effectively replaced the notorious Bellevue homeless shelter that the Mamdani administration plans to close by the end of the month.

But a coalition of East Village residents calling themselves VOICE – Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement – sued to halt the opening, contending city officials rushed through the process.

Mamdani underhandedly declared an “emergency” to close the 250-person Bellevue shelter, the lawsuit argues.

Officials also ignored their own laws and codes, such as planning to put hundreds of people in an East Village building with strict occupancy limits, according to the lawsuit.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he planned to shut down the Bellevue men’s shelter. Matthew McDermott for NY Post

“This case is not about the City’s decision to close the Bellevue Intake Shelter,” the Manhattan Supreme Court filing states.

“It challenges only 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.”

Mamdani’s plan to relocate homeless men into the East Village is on hold. Paul Martinka for NY Post

The suit also cited criticism for the shelter plan from advocates with the Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless. 

But those advocates – while reiterating concerns over accessibility at the East Village space – issued a statement Wednesday lambasting the locals’ lawsuit.

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“The site at 8 East 3rd St. has long served as a shelter and previously functioned as a men’s intake center, making its current use consistent with its history,” the statement reads.

“Opposition from some neighbors lacks a good-faith basis and appears to be little more than NIMBYism, given both that history and the urgent need for a functioning, legally compliant shelter intake facility.”

City Hall officials and lawyers for the East Villagers didn’t return requests for comment.