Year: 2015

The new HomeStat represents an opportunity to systematically help connect vulnerable New Yorkers to the shelter and services they need to get back on their feet. As presented by Mayor de Blasio, for the first time New York City is taking steps to recognize tha ..Read More

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday he is launching a sweeping initiative to combat the persistent problem of homelessness in New York City, ordering teams to do a daily canvass of every block of an 8-mile stretch in Manhattan to reach out to those living ..Read More

Two days after announcing the departure of his commissioner of Homeless Services, Mayor Bill de Blasio touted a new initiative to combat what he acknowledged was the most “persistent challenge” of his mayoralty. Speaking at the Association for a Better New ..Read More

On a warm July day, in the shadows of glitzy Times Square, Shakira Crawford cleans the sidewalk in front of Candlewood Suites with bleach and water. Dressed in an ochre uniform, she flashes her Hollywood-esque smile at the guests of this 188-room hotel. She mo ..Read More

The weather is unseasonably warm but coats are still needed. New York Cares hopes to collect 100,000 coats for needy New Yorkers this winter. It has received 30,000 to date. Coats are needed for children, women and men, especially in men’s larger sizes, the ..Read More

Mayor de Blasio, under pressure to combat street homelessness, announced on Thursday that teams of outreach workers will swarm huge swaths of Manhattan to monitor the homeless population. De Blasio also promised that when the program – which will be call ..Read More

Sixty brokers, 10 months. Shakira Crawford is looking for a home. In the third installment of our series about homelessness in New York City (click above to listen) Shakira thinks she’s finally caught a break. But yet another apartment turns out to be a ..Read More

It is hard to find housing if you do not have a job, but there are many barriers that prevent homeless New Yorkers from finding work. The Coalition for the Homeless’ First Step program helps homeless women break out of that Catch-22 and get a good job that c ..Read More