Women Helping Women: Program Promotes Self-Sufficiency Through Charity Posted on March 26, 2010 by Rebecca Spitz in NY1 ..Read More
DHS Handshake Deals – No Deal for Homeless Families Posted on March 25, 2010 by MARY BROSNAHAN I attended Comptroller John Liu’s press conference this morning. He released a terrific audit showing how reliant NYC continues to be on ‘handshake deals’ to shelter homeless families. Over $150 million taxpayer dollars go into these agreemen ..Read More
Study: Homeless shelters stays can cost more than rent Posted on March 25, 2010 by Marisol Bello in USA TODAY ..Read More
Audit: DHS Paid Out Millions of Dollars on Handshake Deals Posted on March 25, 2010 by John C. Liu in Press Release from the New York City Comptroller ..Read More
State Restores Homeless Funding but City Facing More Cuts? Posted on March 24, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Some good news out of Albany today: the Senate and Assembly have both restored the funding for New York City’s homeless shelters that Governor Paterson proposed cutting earlier this year. However, yesterday New York City Budget Director, Mark Page, s ..Read More
NYC Officials Oppose State Cuts to Homeless Services Posted on March 14, 2012 by Jack Phillips in Epoch Times ..Read More
DHS and Advocates Agree – Gov Cuts will Hurt Homeless New Yorkers Posted on March 23, 2010 by SARAH MURPHY Today, in an unusual alliance, the Coalition, Councilwoman Palma, and Public Advocate De Blasio united with the Department of Homeless Services condemning the governor’s proposed cuts to homeless services — totaling $88 million for city shelters. A ..Read More
Results of DHS’s 2010 annual street homelessness count show that the numbers are up Posted on March 19, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER The Department of Homeless Services released the results of their 2010 annual street homelessness count today and not surprisingly, the number of street homeless individuals has increased since last year. According to their press release, “DHS estimates ..Read More
More Day Laborers Face Homelessness Posted on March 17, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Day laborers are again in the news for the plight they face in day-to-day living and the significant portion of them who are homeless. Yesterday’s article in the Queens Courier illustrates the difficulties and also points out that not all day-laborer ..Read More
