The plans to turn a vacant apartment building in Harlem, which was once slated as luxury housing, into a homeless shelter may be stalled, for now.

Cellphone video provided by Tiffany Fulton, executive director of Silent Voices United, shows what witnesses said were crews moving furniture and equipment out of the vacant building at 2201 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard in Harlem.

“I’m glad. I’m more than happy, but I’m interested to see what becomes of it,” said Ruth McDaniel, a community organizer and the CEO and founder of Breaking the Chains of Your Mind.  

The building in question, located near 130th Street, was originally billed as a luxury living space, where residents would pay market rates to enjoy an indoor swimming pool and apartments with marble bathrooms.

It has been vacant for a decade since developers were forced into foreclosure.

Recently, Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to turn the facility into a shelter for newly arrived migrants, but nixed that plan after fierce backlash from community members such as McDaniel, who does not believe the Harlem needs another shelter.

She believes the community more urgently needs permanent, affordable, income-driven housing.

“Even for the people or the children they would put here, how would those kids integrate into the community?” she asked. “How would they go to school? Everything is temporary. That’s not a healthy environment.”

After the backlash, the city changed course and said it would use the facility to provide shelter to New York City families in need. Some community members opposed to the idea of a shelter were still were not happy.

“Not for those people to come all the way over here,” said William Carroll. “And they could put them all the way down there [in Manhattan] and they bring them up here.”

After moving crews were spotted at the building Monday, NY1 reached out to the city for an explanation.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Social Services said it’s committed to using the facility for “housing-insecure New Yorkers.”

“We are in the process of reviewing options which would best serve low-income New Yorkers at this site and have not arrived at any final decision yet,” the spokesperson continued.

Not everyone in the community is opposed to the idea of a shelter at 2201 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.

Benjamin Omwudiwe, a pharmacist, has owned a pharmacy down the street for nearly a dozen years, and thinks those in Harlem without housing could use another shelter.

“They’re being called all sorts of names and they need to find somewhere they can stay and live [peacefully] in the neighborhood,” he said.

The Department of Social Services said it is exploring the possibility of using the facility for permanent housing placements for people who currently rely on shelter from the city to survive.

According to the agency, it has increased permanent housing placements from shelter by 17%.