NYPD Destroyed Birth Certificates, Medication, IDs in East Harlem Homeless Raid Posted on October 13, 2015 by Emma Whitford in Gothamist On the evening of October 1st, as the temperature dipped into the 50s and a steady rain began to fall, Floyd Parks and a few other homeless men and women sought shelter under the overhang at Choir Academy, a public school in East Harlem. The rain was still fal ..Read More
He Fought City Hall Over the Homeless. Now He’s Battling From the Inside Posted on October 9, 2015 by Leslie Kaufman in The New York Times Late this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio assembled a group of advocates for homeless people at City Hall; it was time for damage control — again. The homeless issue was continuing to spiral out of control: the number in New York City shelters was stuck stubbor ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless Shelter Residents Say Landlords are Refusing Their City Rent Vouchers Posted on October 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Last year, the de Blasio administration took a significant step forward in addressing record homelessness by implementing the Living in Communities (LINC) rental assistance programs. Thousands of New Yorkers have successfully moved out of shelters and into per ..Read More
New York City Apartments are Getting Even More Crowded Posted on October 6, 2015 by Tanvi Misra in CityLab Apartment overcrowding both stems from and feeds into New York City’s affordable housing crisis, according to a new report by the city comptroller’s office. The report finds an alarming rise in the share of overcrowded housing units from 2005 to 2013. Here ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Residents Say Landlords are Refusing Their City Rent Vouchers Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jessica Schneider in CBS New York The latest battle to get homeless people off the streets has pitted those in shelters against their potential landlords. As CBS2’s Jessica Schneider reported, a city program that literally gives free rent money to the homeless is being scoffed at by apartmen ..Read More
Today’s Read: Report Finds City Schools Have Large Homeless Population Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone A new report from the Independent Budget Office (IBO) describes the challenges – largely invisible – facing a tremendous number of New York City students: Nearly 83,000 public school children lived in temporary housing at some point during the 2013-14 scho ..Read More
Report: City Schools Have Large Homeless, Special Ed Populations Posted on October 6, 2015 by Eliza Shapiro in Politico New York New York City has massive numbers of New York City schoolchildren living in temporary housing, as well as a large and growing special education population, according to an Independent Budget Office report released Tuesday. The large population of high-needs st ..Read More
Paul Bettany Discusses How to Help Homeless New Yorkers Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Many New Yorkers who witness the suffering of our homeless neighbors every day wonder what they can do to help. Actor and director Paul Bettany, a longtime supporter of the Coalition, shares several ways people can get involved in an interview on the Nerdist p ..Read More
New York Must Commit to a Program to Provide Permanent Housing for the Homeless Posted on October 6, 2015 by Dale Zuchlewski in The Buffalo News On Sept. 22, more than 500 people came to the Buffalo Convention Center for the 7th Annual Project Homeless Connect, a day when those experiencing a housing crisis can access more than 130 service providers in one location. During this event, the Homeless Alli ..Read More
