The Homeless Will Soon Be Forced Out Of The Subway Overnight. Where Will They Go? Posted on May 4, 2020 by Daniel Moritz-Rabson in Gothamist When New York City’s nightly subway shutdown begins on Wednesday, Ann Marie Finley doesn’t know where she’ll sleep. One of the city’s estimated 3,600 street homeless, Finley said that she hadn’t heard about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement ..Read More
The Grand Central Food Program Responds to the COVID Crisis Posted on May 4, 2020 by Tim Campbell The Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) was founded in 1985 the day after a homeless woman died of starvation in Grand Central Terminal. This memory of a homeless person starving on the streets of NYC is embedded in the fabric of the program.&nbs ..Read More
Homeless in NYC: Scared of shelters during COVID-19 crisis Posted on May 4, 2020 by David Crary in Associate Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three hours before mealtime, a line begins to form on the sidewalk outside St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, facing Park Avenue in one of New York City’s poshest neighborhoods. By 5:30 p.m., when plastic bags of carry-away suppers are u ..Read More
Fears overnight closure of New York subway will push homeless ‘into the shadows’ Posted on May 4, 2020 by Ellen Wulfhorst in Reuters NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Plans to close New York City’s subways at night to disinfect trains during the coronavirus pandemic risk pushing hundreds of homeless people “further into the shadows”, housing experts warned, calling for saf ..Read More
Subway closure ‘outright disaster’ for the homeless who have few safe shelter options, advocates say Posted on May 2, 2020 by Ella Torres and Aaron Katersky in Subway closure 'outright disaster' for the homeless who have few safe shelter options, advocates say ..Read More
Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue Posted on April 30, 2020 by Julianne Cuba in StreetsBlog NYC Homeless people seeking shelter in the subway system is neither a transit issue nor a policing issue — but city and state leaders are now battling over different ways to move people along or criminalize them without addressing the central issue, transit and ..Read More
Yadira Posted on April 30, 2020 Watch the story of Yadira, whose journey out of depression and isolation into a happy and successful life with a new career in the technology field was made possible by the Coalition’s First Step Program. Please consider making a gift to support this life-ch ..Read More
NYC hotels ‘lining up’ to take homeless during coronavirus crisis: advocate Posted on April 30, 2020 by Michael Gartland in Daily News New York City’s hoteliers — faced with empty rooms and looming tax bills — are ready and willing to help house the homeless during the coronavirus crisis, an industry spokesman told the Daily News. The city’s not yet ready to expand its current hotel p ..Read More
Which Part of Homelessness on the Subway Does Andrew Cuomo Find “Disgusting”? Posted on April 30, 2020 by Julia Craven in Slate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began his April 28 press conference stressing that, in order to expertly navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, people needed to distance themselves from their emotions. “Separate the emotion from the logic,” he said before a ..Read More
