Media Watch: When the Problem Isn’t the Existence of Homelessness, But Actually Having to See It Posted on October 18, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER On the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Ave, the M35 bus stop provides the only way to get on and off Wards Island. The island is home to four large homeless shelters for single men, with a total population of over 1,000 people. According to a recent news ..Read More
My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for have worsened his life. Posted on October 17, 2012 by Paul Gionfriddo in Washington Post ..Read More
Media Watch: Police Assault Homeless Man Inside Community Center Posted on October 16, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Disturbing video this morning documented what can only be called police brutality against a homeless man. The assault of the man by police officers took place not on the streets, but shockingly, inside a community center where the man had permission to stay. ..Read More
Grand Central Food Program Posted on October 12, 2012 The Grand Central Food Program by the Coalition for the Homeless serves between 800 and 1,200 hot meals to homeless and hungry New Yorkers every night of the year on the streets of Manhattan and the Bronx. In addition to providing food, our volunteers help con ..Read More
More Shelters, More Stubbornness: Mayor Bloomberg’s Response to Record Homelessness Posted on October 11, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Two things stuck out in a yesterday’s Associated Press article highlighting the growing problem of record homelessness in New York City: 1) The Bloomberg administration’s refusal to provide housing assistance to homeless New Yorkers is keeping tens of t ..Read More
Denied Shelter Beds, Many of NYC’s Homeless Youth Turn to Prostitution Posted on October 11, 2012 by Carl Siciliano, Executive Director in Ali Forney Center ..Read More
I’m Homeless, and I Vote! Posted on October 10, 2012 by DAVID OBELE “I’m homeless, and I vote!” It’s been almost 20 years since the Coalition won the right to vote for New Yorkers living on the streets, but many homeless people remain disenfranchised. So for the last six weeks, Coalition staff, interns and a small army ..Read More
NYC homeless boom puts shelters in lap of wealthy Posted on October 10, 2012 by Meghan Barr in Associated Press ..Read More
Today’s Read: The Importance of Supportive Housing Posted on October 9, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER A New York Times article this weekend highlights the importance of supportive housing. John Cornelius Foley, a formerly-homeless man, spent 20 years living on the Bowery, including time spent living in a plywood box on the sidewalk. Today, he lives in a s ..Read More
