NYC homeless advocates say Mayor Eric Adams’ street sweeps aren’t working Posted on May 13, 2022 by Emma Bowman in NPR Months into his first term in office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is touting early progress in his administration’s effort to clear the streets of homeless encampments. ..Read More
City Council to push for more affordable housing investment in budget negotiations Posted on May 12, 2022 by Annie McDonough in City & State New York City Mayor Eric Adams isn’t the first elected official – and wouldn’t be the last – to break a campaign promise. ..Read More
Paulette Posted on May 4, 2022 Watch First Step graduate Paulette share her story of the emotional devastation of going in and out of shelters with her husband and her three daughters, and the tragedies she endured. She found First Step through her housing counselor and she was hesitant at ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Unsheltered Homelessness in NYC Posted on May 4, 2022 by Zoë Johnson On May 3, 2022, the Coalition for the Homeless submitted joint testimony with The Legal Aid Society to the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding unsheltered homelessness in New York City. Over the past few months, Mayor Adams’ poli ..Read More
City Hall: 39 people placed in shelter after hundreds of encampment sweeps Posted on May 3, 2022 by Gwynne Hogan in Gothamist Thirty-nine unsheltered New Yorkers came indoors through Mayor Eric Adams’ ongoing push to sweep the city of encampments — after 733 site visits by city workers and 710 encampment sweeps — according to data provided by his office Tuesday. ..Read More
Eric Adams’ Revised Housing Budget ‘Just Not Enough,’ Despite Boost for Shelter Beds Posted on May 2, 2022 by Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits Mayor Eric Adams’ revised budget proposal released last week includes an additional $5 billion in capital funding for affordable housing production, and what his administration calls an “unprecedented” investment in shelter beds and services for street h ..Read More
A tale of two siblings: Brooklyn woman sees hope, homeless brother sees despair, in Adams’ effort to end homelessness Posted on May 1, 2022 by Wes Parnell in amNY When Shakeba Jones, 48, heard Mayor Eric Adams was attacking homelessness on trains, her mind traveled to her daughter and older brother. One rides the trains to get to school, the other for housing. ..Read More
Two homeless New Yorkers struck and killed in subway tunnel Posted on April 30, 2022 by Arnold Davick in NY1 Vita Edwards can often be found at the 145th Street station along the 1 line. She is homeless. It’s the station where Friday morning, police arrived to find a man and woman dead in one of the tunnels after being struck by a southbound 1 train. Edwards told N ..Read More
Amid crackdown on homeless people in the subway and encampments, city to close shelter in Financial District Posted on April 25, 2022 by Chau Lam in Gothamist New York City plans to move homeless people out of a former hotel in the Financial District and end its “long-term use” of the property as a shelter, a spokesperson for the city agency that oversees homeless services confirmed to Gothamist. ..Read More
