Coalition for the Homeless and Allies Call for Federal Government to Fund Rental Assistance Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City has been fully in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic for a month, which has magnified the longstanding holes in our social safety net. Long before COVID-19’s arrival, New York City was already in the midst of a historic homelessness crisis ..Read More
NYC’s Single Adult Shelter Census Reaches Record High Posted on April 17, 2020 by Mirela Iverac in WNYC Amid the COVID-19 outbreak there are more single adults in the city’s homeless shelter system than ever before. On Thursday, nearly 17,700 single men and women slept in shelters, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. ..Read More
New York City Must Shield Homeless From Coronavirus, Legal Aid Says Posted on March 28, 2020 by Paul Berger in The Wall Street Journal Advocates are calling on New York City to provide hotel rooms for tens of thousands of homeless people so they can practice social distancing and self-quarantine in the epicenter of the nation’s new coronavirus crisis. ..Read More
As New York Battles Coronavirus, the Homeless Crisis Rages On, Too Posted on March 26, 2020 by Shelly Nortz in amNewYork Year after year, we have seen the homelessness crisis reach record highs. One need not analyze the statistics to notice — every New Yorker sees it with their own eyes. More than 250,000 New Yorkers were homeless at some point in the 2018-2019 school year. Wh ..Read More
A High-Stakes Race to Help NYC’s Homeless as Coronavirus Spreads Posted on March 22, 2020 by Greg B. Smith and Virginia Breen in The City Last weekend, the first homeless person in a city-run shelter tested positive for coronavirus. As of Friday, there were seven at four separate shelters. Meanwhile, homeless people who stay on sidewalks and subways rather than go to often dangerous shelter ..Read More
Convert Empty NYC Hotels to Triage Sites for Coronavirus, Advocates Demand Posted on March 19, 2020 by Michael Gartland in New York Daily News Hotels hollowed out by the coronavirus could be re-purposed into triage centers and housing for homeless New Yorkers diagnosed with the disease, advocates said Thursday. “Many of the current recommendations like self-quarantine and social distancing are impo ..Read More
One Percent of Children Born Last Year Went Home to a New York City Homeless Shelter: Report Posted on March 11, 2020 by Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech in AM New York One out of every 100 babies born last year was sent home from the hospital to a New York City homeless shelter, a study from the Coalition for the Homeless found. The striking number comes from the homeless advocacy’s annual State of Homeless report, release ..Read More
Advocates Slam Cuomo, De Blasio for Handling of City’s Homeless Crisis, Which Hits Infants Hardest Posted on March 11, 2020 by Michael Gartland in New York Daily News This 1% is the opposite of society’s elite. One out of a hundred New York City newborns last year went “home” from the hospital to a homeless shelter, a heartbreaking new analysis by the Coalition for the Homeless revealed. The group’s annual report, t ..Read More
Tell Governor Cuomo to Say Yes to HSS Posted on February 28, 2020 More than 250,000 people in New York State were homeless in the 2018-2019 school year, including more than 150,000 children. Existing public assistance allowances are not enough to help families move from shelters to stable homes. Home Stability Support (HSS) ..Read More
