The Real Life Give-and-Take of NYC’s Homeless Outreach Efforts Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jackson Chen in City Limits The Upper West Side is still draped in darkness as the headlights from a Toyota Rav4 cut through its sleepy roads. Before the sunrise fills the streets with its warm light, two social workers from Goddard Riverside Community Center’s Homeless Outreach Team a ..Read More
NYC’s Homeless Look for Shelter, Safety as Temperatures Continue to Drop Posted on January 4, 2018 by Lisa L. Colangelo in amNewYork Finding a warm place to stay during the bitter cold and snow is a challenge for Success, a 42-year-old homeless woman living on the streets in Manhattan. “If I could come up with $2.75, I would ride the train for the heat,” she said Wednesday night. But li ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Should Seize His Second Term to Make New York the ‘Fairest Big City in America’ Posted on January 1, 2018 by The Editors in The Nation It’s been four years since Bill de Blasio first stood on the steps of City Hall and, placing his hand on a Bible that had once belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, took the oath of office to become New York City’s 109th mayor. It was a frigid day, bitter ..Read More
