Month: January 2016

The streets of New York and other U.S. cities are home to thousands of people who suffer from crippling mental illnesses, and others who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. In January 2015, there were more than 80,000 chronically homeless people in the United S ..Read More

The bedraggled veteran draped in a flag, begging for spare change, has been one of the most persistent images of homelessness in this country. In New York City, however, it is a sight that may be fading from view. Even as city officials have struggled to cope ..Read More

Homeless New Yorkers gave the cold shoulder Sunday to Gov. Cuomo’s order that could force them off the streets when the temperature dips below freezing. “Hell no, I won’t go to a shelter! How’s that even lawful? You can’t force people off a public st ..Read More

As an arctic front barreled toward the New York City region, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order on Sunday requiring local governments across the state to take homeless people off the streets to shelters in freezing temperatures. The order, which go ..Read More

The homeless crisis Mayor de Blasio inherited – many years in the making – has been exacerbated by skyrocketing housing costs and stagnant wages for low-income families. The Mayor did well in reversing the failed approach of his predecessor by incr ..Read More