New York’s Poorest Area has 44% Living in Poverty Posted on November 20, 2015 in AFP Away from the glittering lights of New York’s entertainment and banking hub, nearly half the residents in the city’s poorest neighborhood live in poverty, according to data released Friday. New York has been unveiling statistics across the cityR ..Read More
More Than 500,000 People Homeless in the United States: Report Posted on November 19, 2015 by Eric M. Johnson in Reuters More than 500,000 people – a quarter of them children – were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released on Thursday. The report, from the U.S. Department of Housin ..Read More
Tackling the Homeless Crisis, Without Mr. Cuomo Posted on November 20, 2015 by The Editorial Board in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a plan to create 15,000 “supportive housing” apartments for chronically homeless New Yorkers. He says he is seriously ramping up the city’s response to a crisis that he promised to fix, but that has gotten wors ..Read More
Today’s Video: City Announces 15,000 Units of Supportive Housing Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Mayor de Blasio made history by announcing a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing in New York City over the next 15 years. This is the largest commitment to supportive housing made by any mayor, and its importance cannot be overstated. ..Read More
NYC Announces $2.6 Billion Investment to Fight Homelessness Posted on November 18, 2015 by The Associated Press in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a massive $2.6 billion housing investment to help New York City’s homeless, declaring that the city would not wait for New York state’s help in combating a growing crisis that has dominated headlines and ..Read More
De Blasio Moves First on ‘Supportive Housing,’ Challenging Cuomo Posted on November 19, 2015 by Laura Nahmias, Brendan Cheney, Dana Rubinstein in Politico New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday he could no longer wait for the state of New York to hash out a deal to build new housing for the homeless and mentally ill. After months of negotiations between the de Blasio administration and Gov. Andrew Cuomo turned sour ..Read More
Alec Baldwin and Richard Gere are Honored at Artwalk NY Posted on November 18, 2015 by Janelle Okwodu in Vogue With the Metropolitan Pavilion transformed into a sleek Chelsea gallery space and work from Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, and Glenn Ligon up for grabs, Artwalk NY provided a tony tribute to the tireless work of New York’s Coalition for the Homeless. ..Read More
Richard Gere, Alec Baldwin, and Other Stars Turn Out for Artwalk Charity Auction in NYC Posted on November 18, 2015 by Sam Cochran in Architectural Digest Working at a publication like Architectural Digest, for which the job at hand is to ruminate on design matters of the home, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that not everyone has one. But in New York City alone, there are over 59,000 people staying in ..Read More
Richard Gere and Alec and Hilaria Baldwin Honored at Artwalk 2015 Posted on November 18, 2015 by Ally Betker in WWD “Fifty thousand dollars. Let’s start at $50,000 for Richard Gere,” said Alec Baldwin Tuesday night at Coalition for the Homeless’ annual Artwalk benefit sponsored by Tiffany & Co. Baldwin, one of the evening’s philanthropic honorees, along with h ..Read More
