NYPD Commissioner William Bratton Says More Mental Health Care Needed to Stem Growth of City’s Homeless Population Posted on August 2, 2015 by Emily Ngo in Newsday The long-term solution to New York City’s increasingly visible homeless population is to provide mental health care, not just put them behind bars, Police Commissioner William Bratton said Sunday. ..Read More
Last Remaining Homeless Shelter in NoHo Pushed Out for Retail: Report Posted on July 30, 2015 by Danielle Tcholakian in DNAinfo A decades-old shelter for homeless women is being ousted from Lafayette Street after the building that housed it for 27 years was sold to developers for $27 million, according to the shelter and city records. The sale was first reported by The Real Deal, which ..Read More
Homelessness in New York City Posted on July 30, 2015 by BK Live in Brooklyn Independent Media Here’s something that might surprise you about our city’s homeless crisis, as we’re reaching numbers not seen in more than 80 years: Close to a third of all homeless families are in fact employed, but their low wages can’t keep up with ..Read More
Problems of Housing Mentally Ill People Spill Into the Street Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jim Dwyer in The New York Times One evening last week, a restaurant owner in Washington Heights and two customers stood chatting on the sidewalk about the changes in the area over the last 25 years. The restaurateur, Peter Walsh, was telling the people, who were coming from a hospital on 168 ..Read More
$30 Million Program to Help Low-Income New Yorkers Get Mental Health Care Posted on July 29, 2015 by Nikita Stewart in The New York Times New York is set to begin a $30 million program aimed at providing mental health services to low-income residents with little or no access to care. The program, Connections to Care, will tap existing community organizations that reach low-income residents but a ..Read More
How the de Blasio Administration Spurred Record Affordable-Housing Gains Posted on July 28, 2015 by Joe Anuta in Crain's Not even halfway through his first term, New York’s populist mayor is surprising his many skeptics by making headway on his top—and likely toughest—policy goal. Having pledged to build or preserve affordable housing on the unprecedented scale and pac ..Read More
Thank You To Our Remarkable GCFP Volunteers Posted on July 28, 2015 Last weekend we were excited to honor our amazing Grand Central Food Program volunteers with a “Thank You Picnic” in Central Park. Everyone had a great time swapping stories and sharing food – which is really what they do best. Our amazing GCFP voluntee ..Read More
The Absolute Worst Advice We Give Americans Struggling to Pay Rent Posted on July 28, 2015 by Hanna Brooks Olsen in Salon In urban centers around the country, rental prices are soaring. Cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City routinely report double-digit increases that make it nearly impossible for residents to make ends meet. But it’s not just dwellers of those ..Read More
How Synthetic Weed is Ravaging Brooklyn’s Homeless Population Posted on July 27, 2015 by Allie Conti in Vice Stand outside the emergency-room entrance to Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn any day of the week and you’ll see them. Sometimes alone, but more often in pairs, they get rolled through the sliding glass door and parked in the air-conditioned lobb ..Read More
