Richard Gere ‘Invisible’ as Homeless Man in ‘Time Out of Mind’ Posted on September 5, 2015 by Joe Neumaier in New York Daily News Richard Gere was giving a performance from the heart, but New Yorkers didn’t give a second glance. Because they thought he was a homeless person. Gere, 66 and a star for almost four decades, was standing on Astor Place downtown early last year in a knit cap ..Read More
When Finding Housing Is a Job in Itself Posted on September 6, 2015 by Piazadora Footman in The New York Times Six years ago I went into the New York City shelter system. For 11 months, I searched for apartments like crazy. I had few options. I had just come out of a psychiatric hospital. I had a 4-year-old son and was pregnant with my daughter. I had a housing voucher ..Read More
Buddy Can You Spare $2m? New York’s Housing Crisis Posted on September 8, 2015 by Clive Coleman in BBC News “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The opening words of Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities. The book’s title was used by Democrat Bill de Blasio in his successful campaign to become mayor of New York in 2013. He ..Read More
Homelessness is Real, Mr. Mayor Posted on September 3, 2015 by Editorial in New York Amsterdam News We are not sure what changed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mind about the homeless crisis, but he’s no longer denying it is dramatically increasing. Maybe he ventured over to 125th Street and Lexington, or strolled along Eighth Avenue in lower Manhattan, or took ..Read More
Solving Homelessness is Easy. So Why Don’t We Just Do It? Posted on September 3, 2015 by Ryan Cooper in The Week In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is struggling with the issue of homelessness. There are tons of people sleeping on the street, and New Yorkers are upset about it. One police union briefly trolled the mayor by urging officers to post pictures of homeless ..Read More
Today’s Read: Cuomo Criticized for Saying City Needs to Do More to Fight Homelessness Posted on September 3, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Homelessness has been getting significant media attention lately, with many New Yorkers wondering how to end the suffering of our most vulnerable neighbors. The answer, according to decades of research, is supportive housing. This model pairs on-site supportiv ..Read More
Donate Backpacks and School Supplies to Help Homeless Kids Posted on September 3, 2015 by Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska in DNAinfo School costs can be daunting for many parents, but for homeless families it’s a real challenge. Now, Queens residents can help by donating backpacks and school supplies to homeless children as part of “Project: Back to School,” an annual initiative organ ..Read More
‘Time Out of My Mind’ and ‘Shelter’: Next in Line at Cinema’s Soup Kitchen Posted on September 2, 2015 by Nicolas Rapold in The New York Times It’s a curious fact that one of the most popular characters in motion-picture history is homeless: Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp. Although Chaplin’s creation took on a life of his own, he set the tone for the complex interplay between art and authentici ..Read More
Cuomo Says City Should Spend More to Combat ‘Major Homeless Problem’ Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jillian Jorgensen in New York Observer Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today that New York City’s homelessness problem was obvious—and that Mayor Bill de Blasio should spend more city money to combat it. “If you walk around New York City, I think it’s hard not to conclude that we have a major homele ..Read More
