Number of Homeless School Children in NYC Soars to 87,000, New Report Reveals Posted on August 26, 2015 by Ben Chapman and Lisa L. Colangelo in New York Daily News About 87,000 New York City school children were living in homeless shelters or temporary housing in the 2013-2014 school year, according to a new report on the latest available figures. The number has shot up a whopping 71% since 2007-2008, when about 51,000 h ..Read More
How Much Money Do U.S. Families Need to Get By? Posted on August 26, 2015 by Aimee Picchi in CBS Moneywatch How much money do Americans need to maintain a modest standard of living, where families don’t struggle to put food on the table or pay the rent? In most large U.S. cities, meeting that basic level of economic security requires income that’s far be ..Read More
What People in One of America’s Richest Neighborhoods Say About the Homeless When They Think No One’s Watching Posted on August 25, 2015 by Tana Ganeva in AlterNet The photo shows a tiny blonde woman sitting on the sidewalk in front of a newsstand, wearing combat boots and striped blue-and-white socks pulled over her ankles. A dog is sleeping beside her, partly obscuring a sign that reads, “Anything helps.” N ..Read More
MSNBC Host Who Doesn’t Live in NYC Blames de Blasio for “Homeless Epidemic” Posted on August 25, 2015 by Jen Chung in Gothamist This morning, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough insisted that NYC has gone back into the bad old days, parroting the counterfactual narrative dished out by the tabloids in the dog days of summer. “Have we noticed what’s happened to the city? The homeles ..Read More
Today’s Read: There’s a Pressing Issue on Our City’s Streets Posted on August 25, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone It’s difficult for any of us to walk down the streets of our city this summer and be confronted by the visible suffering of our homeless neighbors. There are so many who need help, and it’s hard to know what to do. One way to help is to urge elected offici ..Read More
New York City Struggles to Keep Up With High Homeless Numbers Posted on August 23, 2015 by Hansi Lo Wang in NPR Eight months after homelessness hit a record in New York City, you can still see the need of the city’s most vulnerable in Tompkins Square Park. “Good morning! Two pieces?” asks Mario Cornejo, as he places slices of frosted banana bread on pa ..Read More
There’s a Pressing Issue on Our City’s Streets, and It’s Not Topless Women Posted on August 24, 2015 by Nick Powell in City & State As is his wont, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has recently taken a keen interest in muscling his way into New York City issues. Cuomo demonstrated his crisis-management acumen by elbowing Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city Department of Health to take control of a Legionna ..Read More
The Importance of Social Safety Net Programs Posted on August 24, 2015 by Rick Cohen in Nonprofit Quarterly This week is the annual conference of the Community Action Partnership, the national trade association representing the more than 1,000 local community action agencies that are the inheritors and guardians of our nation’s commitment to the War on Poverty. Th ..Read More
Tracing New York City’s Affordable Housing Problem Posted on August 23, 2015 by Victoria Bekiempis in Newsweek While “The Rent Is Too Damn High” Party launched a few years ago as little more than a minor political party’s cry of protest, that phrase has since become de rigeur in serious discussions about affordable housing. On average, New York City residents ..Read More
