Year: 2019

Groundbreaking Bill, Introduced by Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr., Would Require Majority of City-Assisted New Projects to Set Aside at Least 15 Percent of Apartments for the Homeless Lack of Affordable Housing Primary Driver of New York City’s Record-B ..Read More

Legislation Would Set Aside at Least 15% of Newly Constructed Apartments for the Homeless NEW YORK, NY – The following statement from the House Our Future NY steering committee is in response to the City Council introducing an u ..Read More

A law would mandate that affordable-housing projects built with city assistance must have 15 percent of the apartments reserved for the homeless. As New York City grapples with record numbers of homeless people, Mayor Bill de Blasio has faced deepening critici ..Read More

After a homeless man allegedly bludgeoned four other homeless men to death on the streets of Chinatown, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Outreach NYC, a new plan to address the ongoing crisis of street homelessness in the city. The center of this plan involv ..Read More

Could anyone argue against more engagement of the kind Mayor de Blasio unveiled late last month, when he announced plans to enlist 18,000 city workers as the eyes and ears of a rejuvenated effort to identify street homeless New Yorkers so outreach workers can ..Read More