Year: 2017

Temperatures forecast to stay 10 to 15 degrees below normal through the weekend. Unsheltered homeless individuals, infants, older adults and people with certain chronic medical conditions are at an increased risk. Benjamin Krakauer, assistant commissioner for ..Read More

Thanks to generous donations from readers, Metro was able to deliver hundreds of toys to underprivileged children in Boston, Philadelphia and New York City just in time for the holidays. Metro’s annual toy drive, Tony’s Metro Magic, wrapped up earlier this ..Read More

The city is working to get homeless people shelter as temperatures dip and the city faces its coldest air of 2017. With freezing conditions in the city Tuesday night and overnight, the Department of Homeless Services has issued a Code Blue warning. That means ..Read More

Every year around Christmas, a section of Union Square Park in New York City is blocked off for a holiday market of winding aisles lined with sales booths. Right across 14th Street, outside trendy stores, people huddled under blankets are asking for change fro ..Read More

Legislation to create a statewide rental supplement to curtail the growth of homelessness in New York, while generating savings for local social service agencies, is the focus of a renewed campaign ahead of the 2018 budget and legislative session. Despite supp ..Read More

Walk the streets of virtually any major city in the US and you are likely to encounter people who are homeless. Homelessness is on the rise in the US, especially in Los Angeles where severe affordable housing shortages exist. Overall, homelessness increased by ..Read More

While advocates in New York City are pressing the mayor and governor to invest more in NYCHA, commit to deeper affordability, and end homelessness, the federal government is moving forward with a tax overhaul that could undermine these ambitions. On Friday, Re ..Read More

A provision buried in the House version of the Republican tax bill could decimate affordable-housing construction in New York City, by eliminating tax-free bonds and tax credits that are used by the vast majority of subsidized housing projects in the city. If ..Read More