State of the Homeless 2025

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Updates from the Coalition for the Homeless. To see our recent statements, visit our Press Room.

Build from the Bottom Up: Affordable Housing for Homeless New Yorkers

Decades of failed housing policies, combined with unaffordable rent has led to a homelessness crisis in New York City, with over 100,000 people now sleeping in shelters each night and hundreds of thousands more spending over half their income on rent…

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city will resume clearing makeshift homeless encampments, promising to take a more humane approach to a practice he previously criticized…

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Mamdani reboots homeless encampment sweeps in New York City

Mayor Zohran Mamdani will place the Department of Homeless Services in charge of the sweeps, replacing the Police Department as leader of the interagency efforts…

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Mamdani to Reinstitute Homeless Encampment Sweeps

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The Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society issued the following statement on the Mamdani Administration revamping homeless sweeps…

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Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society on City Revamping Homeless Sweeps

The tragic deaths of 18 people during a recent cold spell have no connection to the mayor’s decision to stop inhumane and ineffective encampment sweeps…

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Opinion: Mamdani makes the right choice, not the easy one, on ending homeless encampment sweeps

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The Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society issued the following statement on the newly announced opening of the Pearl Street Safe Haven shelter in Lower Manhattan…

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Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society Applaud Opening of Pearl Street Safe Haven Shelter

16 New Yorkers have died during brutal cold stretch, Mayor Mamdani says…

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16 New Yorkers have died during brutal cold stretch, Mayor Mamdani says

A decade ago, a multimedia artist from The Bronx got a lucky break. She was one of the winners of a lottery — to which over 53,000 people applied — that allowed her to live in one of the 89 affordable apartments…

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New York City Hasn’t Built Artist Housing in a Decade. Should It?

One man was discovered under a layer of snow on a park bench in Queens. Another was found just steps from a Manhattan hospital. Yet another was pronounced dead on the ground beneath an elevated train line in the Bronx…

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Ten people die in NYC’s frigid cold, raising questions about the city’s preparedness

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday the deaths of 10 people found out in the cold since the beginning of the recent bitter cold spell…

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10 New Yorkers have been found dead in the cold, Mayor Mamdani says