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“It's getting worse all the time,” said Wayne Wisecarver, who lives right next to Father Joe’s Paul Mirabile Center. “There was meth, there was heroin, there was crack and now there’s fentanyl,” said Wisecarver.
Vargas says the organization is planning to change this East Village building from a homeless shelter to a detox and sober living facility.“So those who will be in those beds, they'll be recovering, but also they'll have access to our employment center,” said Vargas.
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