An Eviction, Followed by a Parade of Homeless Shelters Posted on November 29, 2012 by John Otis in New York Times ..Read More
Growing Chaos in How City Shelters Homeless Evacuees of Hurricane Sandy Posted on November 29, 2012 by PATRICK MARKEE Thousands of people have been displaced and made homeless by Hurricane Sandy, many low-income families and individuals. Weeks later, the City’s efforts to shelter storm evacuees have grown increasingly chaotic. Staff and volunteers from Coalition for the Hom ..Read More
Elliot Tooley Posted on November 28, 2012 Mr. Tooley had been coming to the Coalition for the Homeless off and on for years. When he finally had enough of trying to survive on the streets, the Coalition’s Client Advocacy Project helped him secure permanent, affordable housing and then ..Read More
City shelters filling with more homeless children Posted on November 27, 2012 by DANIELLE TCHOLAKIAN in Metro ..Read More
The Faces of New York City’s 20,000 Homeless Kids Posted on November 27, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Today’s Metro highlights the record-breaking number of homeless kids currently sleeping in New York City shelters. Coalition for the Homeless recently unveiled a new public awareness campaign, which is visible in subway stations, bus shelters, and phone b ..Read More
Hard-hitting Ad Campaign Highlights NYC’s Skyrocketing Child Homelessness Posted on November 27, 2012 by SARAH MURPHY For Immediate Release: November 27th, 2012 Contact: Dan Levitan, BerlinRosen, 646-200-5315, Dan@Berlinrosen.com HARD-HITTING AD CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS NYC’S SKYROCKETING CHILD HOMELESSNESS Coalition for the Homeless Ads Feature Faces of New York’s Homeless Ki ..Read More
Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York Posted on November 21, 2012 by Nina Bernstein in The New York Times ..Read More
Thank You To Our November GCFP Sponsors! Posted on November 16, 2012 by SARAH MURPHY In October 2012, the Coalition launched the Corporate and Law Firm Sponsorship Campaign benefiting the Grand Central Food Program. During Hurricane Sandy and in the immediate aftermath, the Grand Central Food Program and all of the Coalition’s programs and ..Read More
A More Accurate Measure of Poverty Posted on November 15, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Earlier this fall, the Census Bureau released data on poverty using the official measure that has been used since the 1960’s. The data found that 15 percent of all Americans were living in poverty in 2011. In New York, the rate was even higher at 16 percen ..Read More
