City Council: How Many Homeless People are in New York? Posted on December 9, 2015 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News The head of the City Council’s committee on homelessness pressed officials Wednesday for an accurate count of people living on the streets — and an explanation for why so many people think Mayor de Blasio has made the problem worse. “The narrative out th ..Read More
Stemming New York City’s ‘Inherited’ Homelessness Problem Posted on December 8, 2015 by Brian Lehrer in WNYC Steven Banks, commissioner of NYC’s Human Resources Administration and former head of the Legal Aid Society, talks about his department’s role in fighting New York City’s surge in homelessness. Banks points to the 2011 state-city decision to ..Read More
The State of Homelessness in America in 2015 Posted on December 7, 2015 by Diane Rehm in NPR The number of homeless in America is going down, but in some cities there have been big increases leading some local leaders to declare states of emergencies. ..Read More
Hungry, Homeless and in College Posted on December 4, 2015 by Sara Goldrick-Rab and Katharine M. Broton in The New York Times Three months after starting college, Brooke Evans found herself without a place to live. She was 19. She slept in libraries, bathrooms and her car. She sold plasma and skipped meals. It was hard to focus or participate in class, and when her grades fell, her f ..Read More
Today’s Read: Clergy Push Mayor and Governor on Housing Plan for Homeless Posted on December 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With all of the recent attention on the upsurge in street homelessness in NYC, it’s easy to forget that a humane and cost-effective solution exists: supportive housing. Twenty-five years ago, the City and State signed the first NY/NY agreement to jointly fun ..Read More
Hearing to Examine ‘Efficacy’ of City Response to ‘Homelessness Crisis’ Posted on December 7, 2015 by Ryan Brady in Gotham Gazette The City Council Committee on General Welfare will hold an oversight hearing on Wednesday Dec. 9 on the de Blasio administration’s efforts to address New York’s “homelessness crisis.” Though a great deal of political controversy has surrounded the issu ..Read More
Clergy Push Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Housing Plan for Homeless Posted on December 7, 2015 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News A group of more than 250 clergy are calling on Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to come together on a new deal to provide more supportive housing to address the city’s growing homeless problem. In a letter sent to both men, the faith leaders noted de Blasi ..Read More
Who Should Fund Homeless Services in NYC? Posted on December 2, 2015 by Brian Lehrer in WNYC Laura Nahmias, who reports on City Hall for POLITICO New York, looks at the conflict between the mayor and the governor over funding for the city’s homeless. Nahmias explains how, in the past, the state and the city used to share costs for homeless servi ..Read More
After Homelessness and Jail, a Harlem Woman Finds Stability Working Construction Posted on December 2, 2015 by John Otis in The New York Times One of the worst things about being homeless was getting caught in the rain. Milan Chapman, 22, who was sometimes drenched for weeks at a time, said of her time on the street, “Just wet, always wet.” To numb herself from the elements and from her own gloom ..Read More
