Year: 2011

Today the New York City Council voted to authorize a legal challenge against the City’s proposed new bureaucratic rules that would deny shelter to homeless adults, including those living with mental illness.  The Council’s actions were widely cove ..Read More

On Friday, November 26th, the Coalition hosted its annual Thanksgiving Dinner at St.Bartholomew Church in Manhattan. Nearly 200 homeless and hungry New Yorkers heaped their plates with turkey, stuffing and all the traditional fixings during a formal, sit-down ..Read More

This one basically speaks for itself. Notorious foreclosure firm, Steven J. Baum PC, most recently known for their heartless mocking of homeless people at a 2010 Halloween party, is closing its doors. Yes, people will be losing their jobs and that is incred ..Read More

Last Thursday, November 17th, Coalition for the Homeless joined tens of thousands of people in a peaceful march across the Brooklyn Bridge. The march brought together advocates, union members, community organizations, and Occupy Wall Street protesters in a sho ..Read More

The City has announced it will pay Advantage rents for November, including any late fees that were incurred due to this late decision. These payments will only be made for Advantage tenants currently within their lease period. We do not know if any rent will b ..Read More

Today Coalition for the Homeless released a new report documenting how New York City’s homeless shelter population has grown to over 41,000 people – including 17,000 children – for the first time ever, and analyzing the failed Bloomberg polic ..Read More

Last night, the Bloomberg administration announced it would begin implementing an eligibility procedure for homeless single adults trying to enter shelter — an onerous process that would effectively deny shelter to a great number of homeless people in ..Read More

By all definitions, the number of homeless children reached an all-time high in the last fiscal year, with a record 42,888 children having slept in New York City shelters. On Tuesday, the New York City Council convened a hearing to investigate how the City i ..Read More