How to Fight Homelessness Posted on October 19, 2015 by Mark D. Levine and Mary Brosnahan in The New York Times With over 58,000 people in our shelter system every night, and thousands more sleeping on the streets, concern about homelessness in New York City has reached a fever pitch. We must attack this challenge on every front: through construction of more housing wit ..Read More
Crowding, a Precursor to Homelessness, on the Rise in NYC Posted on October 18, 2015 by Zak Koeske in SILive.com As New York City’s shelter population continues to hover near historic levels, another factor that’s a known predictor of homelessness is also on the rise: Crowding. City residents are living in increasingly crowded quarters and a combination of fa ..Read More
$976 Million to Run City Homeless Shelters Posted on October 15, 2015 by John Schiumo in NY1 How many tax dollars are needed to house people who are homeless in New York City? A report released today from the New York City Independent Budget Office focused on the growing cost for housing homeless families and single adults and found shelter costs incr ..Read More
City Bears Financial Burden of Housing Homeless Single Adults Alone, Report Finds Posted on October 15, 2015 by Kim Velsey in New York Observer New York City bears the cost of housing homeless single adults almost entirely on its own, a shift from the recent past, in which the state shouldered a much larger share of the burden, a new report from the Independent Budget Office finds. The funding decreas ..Read More
New York City Takes on Evictions Posted on October 16, 2015 by Noel King in Marketplace Walter Simpson calls the framed family pictures that decorate his living room wall, the “wall of fame.” There’s his niece, his mom, and an aunt who has since passed away. Simpson has lived in a two-bedroom apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn ..Read More
Interactive 3D Artwork Visualizes the Tragic Affordable Housing Crisis in New York City Posted on October 16, 2015 by Latoya Peterson in Fusion Ekene Ijeoma is an artist, a designer and programmer by trade. He created his interactive art piece, “Wage Islands” by using the median monthly housing cost data in New York City, sourced from the American Community survey. Wage Islands is simple, yet dazz ..Read More
Today’s Read: Former Legal Aid Attorney Steve Banks, Now Fighting Homelessness “From the Inside” Posted on October 15, 2015 by Giselle Routhier The New York Times’ recent profile of the Commissioner of the Human Resources Administration – and longtime homeless advocate – Steve Banks and his crusade to end homelessness in NYC. Banks, the former Attorney-in-Chief of the Legal Aid Society, spent ..Read More
De Blasio Holds First Townhall Meeting of Mayoralty in Manhattan, Talks Rent and Affordable Housing Posted on October 15, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino in New York Daily News Nearly two years after taking office, Mayor de Blasio held what his office billed as the first traditional townhall meeting of his mayoralty Wednesday — but its format had some critics accusing him of hosting a political pep rally. About 250 people attended ..Read More
New York’s Rich Live 11 Years Longer Than its Poor Posted on October 14, 2015 by AFP in Yahoo News New York is a city of extreme inequality, where people in the poorest neighborhood of Brooklyn die 11 years earlier than those living around Wall Street, according to data released Wednesday. The city unveiled health statistics from across Brooklyn, one of New ..Read More
