Legislator Vows to Continue Homeless Subsidy Push Posted on July 6, 2017 by Dan Rosenblum in New York Nonprofit Media A bill that may have started to chip away at New York’s homelessness problem stalled in the Republican-dominated state Senate, where legislators weren’t as familiar with “the severity of the crisis,” or didn’t fully appreciate how it could help their ..Read More
Today’s Read: Legislator Vows to Continue Homeless Subsidy Push Posted on July 7, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Although the State legislative session has officially ended, Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi continues to advocate for bold solutions to alleviate the suffering of a near-record 61,277 men, women, and children sleeping in sweltering NYC shelters, thousands more w ..Read More
Number of Homeless People in City Up by 39% in Just One Year Posted on July 5, 2017 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News The number of homeless people living on city streets surged by nearly 40% this year, according to the results of an annual count. There were 3,892 homeless people on the street, the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate done in February found — up 39% since ..Read More
Annual Street Homeless Count Shows 40 Percent Increase Over 2016 Posted on July 5, 2017 by Emma Whitford in Gothamist Volunteers with the Department of Homeless Services counted 3,892 homeless individuals on New York City streets in one night this past February, a 39 percent increase over 2016’s Hope Count. In 2016, 2,794 people were counted. The results of the annual, ..Read More
Today’s Read: Annual Street Homeless Estimate Shows 40 Percent Increase Since 2016 Posted on July 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Although the vast majority of homeless men, women, and children in NYC sleep in shelters, the thousands of others who bed down on the streets or in the subways are a daily, visible reminder that our city is in the midst of a record homelessness crisis. This we ..Read More
Thousands of Rent-Stabilized Apartments at Risk as NYC Phases Out Controversial Homeless Shelter Program Posted on June 29, 2017 by Nathan Tempey in Gothamist As many as 3,000 rent-stabilized apartments could be deregulated as the city phases out the notoriously dysfunctional cluster site homeless shelter program. Created in 2000 as a stopgap measure, the cluster program places homeless families in private apartment ..Read More
How to Help Homeless Families: Permanent Housing Posted on June 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With 15,328 families – including 23,000 children – sleeping in NYC shelters tonight, many New Yorkers and organizations have endeavored to understand how we arrived at such a crisis, as well as how to reverse the trend. In the past few weeks, the Family Ho ..Read More
Helping Homeless New Yorkers by the Books Posted on June 28, 2017 by Jessica Leigh Hester in CityLab A little after 10 a.m. on a humid Thursday in June, a fan is already whirring in the Bedford Avenue branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The building has just opened, but already people are pushing through the doors and posting up at computer stations or tab ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Navigating the Shelter System as a Family with Children Posted on June 29, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare on “Oversight – From PATH to Permanency: Navigating the Shelter System as a Family with Children.” C ..Read More
