Challenging NYC’s Shortage of Shelter Beds for Homeless Adults Posted on December 10, 2009 by Patrick Markee As the Coalition warned back in October, the City of New York is running out of shelter beds for the rising number of homeless men and women. Since then, this tragic situation has gone from bad to worse, even before the coldest months of winter have arrived. ..Read More
Shortage of Beds for Homeless in City Posted on December 10, 2009 by Julie Bosman in New York Times ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Sues City of New York About Shortage of Shelter Posted on December 9, 2009 For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND LEGAL AID SOCIETY SUE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER TO HOMELESS NEW YORKERS SUIT: CITY IS OUT OF SHELTER BEDS AND DENYING HOMELESS NEW YORKERS SHELTER AS WINTER ..Read More
Is It Time Yet, Mayor Bloomberg? Posted on December 8, 2009 by Patrick Markee Mayor Bloomberg said there would be “plenty of time…after the election” to talk about homelessness. With NYC homelessness at all-time record levels, is it time yet? Back on August 10th, according to the New York Daily News’ Daily Polit ..Read More
Lawyer: Homeless Families Still Getting the Runaround Posted on December 7, 2009 by Mike Reicher in City Limits ..Read More
NYC Women with AIDS See Their Progress in Survival Reverse as Funding Is Redistributed Posted on December 4, 2009 by Giselle Routhier As recently reported in the Huffington Post, a new study done by Health People reports that New York City’s progress in reducing death rates among residents with HIV/AIDS in the Bronx and Brooklyn has collapsed since 2006–the year the Bloomberg ..Read More
Thirty Years of the Legal Right to Shelter in New York City Posted on December 2, 2009 by Patrick Markee December 5th marks an important anniversary: Thirty years since the first landmark court ruling in Callahan v. Carey affirming the legal right to shelter for homeless New Yorkers. When modern homelessness first emerged in the late 1970s, the City of New York ..Read More
Homeless agency’s use of loophole under court review Posted on December 2, 2009 by John Bonizio in Bronx Times ..Read More
A Formerly Homeless Man Is Documenting First-Hand Stories of Homeless Posted on December 1, 2009 by Giselle Routhier How many New Yorkers are guilty of walking past a homeless man or woman on the streets and pretending not to see them? As reported on CNN today, Mark Horvath, a formerly homeless man has set out to use technology to combat the invisibility of the homeless and ..Read More
