Mobile soup kitchen serves New Yorkers through evolving crisis Posted on December 25, 2023 by Chau Lam in Gothamist Isaac Simon manages money for the wealthy during the day and caters to the needs of the poor at night. Read more… ..Read More
NYC homelessness hits record number Posted on December 17, 2022 by Staff in Fox 5 NY NEW YORK – New York City’s homeless problem does not appear to be getting any better. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, the numbers have actually hit an all-time high. They claim the average number of people sleeping in a shelter every night ..Read More
Mayor Adams says he’s ‘extremely pleased’ with subway homeless sweeps despite upwards of two-thirds leaving care Posted on December 15, 2022 by Chris Sommerfeldt in NY Daily News Mayor Adams said Thursday he’s “extremely pleased” with his administration’s homeless outreach efforts in the subway system — even though recently released data shows more than two-thirds of the people targeted by the sweeps gave up their shelter bed ..Read More
Few Homeless New Yorkers Moving from Subways to Safe Havens, As Enforcement Continues Posted on December 15, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits Adams’ early commitments to open new “low-barrier” shelters comes into sharper focus as he closes out his first year in office, with yet another plan to remove homeless New Yorkers from trains and public spaces. New York City has about 600 new specialize ..Read More
Fair Chance for Housing offers fighting chance for New Yorkers with a conviction against racist practices Posted on December 15, 2022 by Tandy Lau in Amsterdam News Fair Chance for Housing may finally get a fair chance in New York City. Last Thursday, the proposed bill—which would make criminal history background checks of prospective tenants by landlords an unlawful, discriminatory practice—was brought in front of th ..Read More
NYC homeless sweeps: Most people end up leaving shelters Posted on December 14, 2022 by Morgan McKay in Fox 5 NY NEW YORK – Mayor Eric Adams launched his subway safety plan in February and has repeatedly touted its success. But new data obtained by the New York Daily News through a Freedom of Information Law request shows tha ..Read More
Patients familiar with NYC mental health system skeptical of new Adams policy Posted on December 14, 2022 by Bahar Ostadan in Gohamist When Mayor Eric Adams announced a new policy directing police and EMTs to forcibly send more people to the hospital for psychiatric evaluations, he called it a “moral mandate.” For Ibrahim Ayu, the directive sounded more like a mandate to traumatize New Yo ..Read More
Less than one-third of NYC subway homeless sweeps resulted in long term shelter stays Posted on December 14, 2022 by Chris Sommerfeldt in NY Daily News Nearly 2,300 homeless people were moved into shelters from the subways as part of Mayor Adams’ outreach initiatives through August — but more than two-thirds of them left the city’s care within a week of being admitted, according to data obtained the Dai ..Read More
As family homelessness climbs, calls grow louder for solving school attendance woes Posted on December 12, 2022 by Reema Amin in Chalkbeat Nine-year-old Ameerah remembers when her commute to school was a five-minute walk. That was before her family left their Queens home for a shelter in another part of the borough. Read more… ..Read More