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2024 Compassionate Communities Award Recipient
We bring hot nutritious meals to those living rough on the streets of the city, every night of the year.
We provide lifesaving services to more than 11,000 homeless and at-risk individuals and families per year.
We give homeless families and single adults the dignity and stability of a home of their own.
We offer homeless and low-income women the training and support they need to find living-wage jobs.
We give homeless kids the help and support they need to keep up with the peers at school.
We advance long-term solutions to the crisis of homelessness and defend the rights of homeless people.
Updates from the Coalition for the Homeless. To see our recent statements, visit our Press Room.
Commemorating Right to Shelter Day, and exploring both its historical significance and its very real impact on the lives of homeless New Yorkers.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams seized on a spate of recent high-profile attacks in the subway system as he pitched his vision for the city going forward, announcing Thursday an additional $650 million over the next five years to combat street homelessness and mental illness.
As we begin 2025, we are thrilled to share some heartwarming news that perfectly captured the spirit of giving during the recent holiday season. The Coalition’s 2024 Holiday Toy Drive not only met, but dramatically exceeded, our goal, as we collected nearly 14,000 toys for children living in New York City shelters – far surpassing our target of 10,000 toys
The Coalition for the Homeless responds to Jason DeParle’s piece, Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in Homelessness, published in The New York Times on December 27, 2024.
Coalition for the Homeless announced the recipient of the 9th annual Compassionate Communities Award: Floyd Bennett Field Neighbors (FBFN).
The man accused of setting fire to a woman who was asleep on a New York City subway has been indicted on charges of murder in the first and second degree and arson, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Many folks enjoy a few days off for the end-of-the-year holidays, but there are some workers who don’t take the time off or can’t. We hear from a few of them.
Today, the Coalition for the Homeless along with Arnold NY advertising unveiled a new augmented reality experience, the Children’s Tree, to support the organization’s annual Holiday Toy Drive for homeless children.
Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters in Lower Manhattan are busily sorting through dozens of donated toys as part of their annual holiday toy drive this time of year. The initiative aims to collect and distribute 10,000 toys to children living in city shelters before Christmas.
Today, Coalition for the Homeless, together with Legal Aid Society, Win, and 20 other groups, sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams calling on his administration to immediately take steps to protect both new New Yorkers and immigrants who have long called New York City…
