New Yorkers have been pouring into the city’s homeless shelters throughout 2014, bringing the number of homeless people to a new record high: 58,913. ..Read More
On Saturday, December 13th more than 125 girls and boys from nine different New York City homeless shelters joined the Coalition for the Homeless for our annual Holiday Carnival. The children were greeted with activities, treats and gift bags full of small toy ..Read More
Based on current trends, we may be only weeks away from reaching a homeless population of 60,000 in New York City. It would be a terrible way to ring in the New Year. ..Read More
Since the City and State entered into their first supportive housing agreement nearly 25 years ago, supportive housing – a combination of affordable housing with support services – has helped New Yorkers who face the most complex challenges live more s ..Read More
I first began working with the Coalition for the Homeless in 2012 because I needed help. I was writing a screenplay about a homeless couple who fall in love on the streets of NYC. It was inspired by a real couple who lived outside my apartment in TriBeCa ̵ ..Read More
Posted on by Stephen Levin and Ritchie Torres
in City and State
Of all the problems Mayor Bill de Blasio inherited, perhaps none is as deep, or as tragic, as New York City’s record and still-rising homeless population. ..Read More
Not every child will wake up on Dec. 25 to a mound of presents under the Christmas tree. Some won’t even wake up with a permanent roof over their head. ..Read More
Every day the British actor passed a homeless couple outside his New York apartment block, often stopping to spare some change. And then one day, they were gone. ..Read More