New Report: Half of “Advantage” Families Back in the NYC Shelter System Posted on January 2, 2014 by Patrick Markee Coalition for the Homeless released a new report with fresh evidence that the Bloomberg administration’s flawed Advantage program was a revolving door back to homelessness for thousands of families and children – and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of ..Read More
I, too, am one of the estimated 22,000 homeless children in New York Posted on January 1, 2014 by William, Homeless Student in New York in The Guardian I used to dread it when people at school asked me where I live or if we could hang out at my place. I would try to give my schoolmates a general response, maybe the name of a neighborhood, but they always pressed for more. I’ve been homeless on and off f ..Read More