AmNews looks at the city’s SOTA program in 2022 Posted on February 10, 2022 by Asar John in Amsterdam News New York’s Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) program is the key for many homeless individuals and families to secure permanent housing. The rental assistance program launched in 2017 under former Mayor de Blasio and to assist New Yorkers in getting ac ..Read More
Families Get Rejected from Homeless Shelter Without Required Review, Comptroller Audit Finds Posted on February 10, 2022 by Josefa Velasquez in The City Most families rejected from homeless shelters did not get a full required review of their housing histories before being deemed ineligible, a new audit from City Comptroller Brad Lander finds — including one who’d applied 38 times. ..Read More
Crews Stall Trains Over Shopping Cart Worries as New Rule Goes Unheeded Posted on February 8, 2022 by Jose Martinez in The City The death of a motorman in 2020 led the MTA to ban large carts from the subway after fire investigators said a man ignited one, causing a train to burst into flames. But the union that represents subway workers says enforcement of the ban on the carts often as ..Read More
Today’s Read: Three in Four Homeless Families Applying for Shelter in New York City Rejected in 2021, Setting Record Posted on February 8, 2022 by Casey O'Hara Homeless families in New York City are required to undergo an onerous bureaucratic application process in order to receive a shelter placement, and the difficulties they face have only been exacerbated in recent years amid the ongoing pandemic. This flawe ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Submits Testimony on NYS Executive Budget Proposal for Human Services Posted on February 2, 2022 by Zoë Johnson On February 2, 2022, the Coalition for the Homeless submitted testimony to the Fiscal Committees of the New York State Legislature on the 2022 NYS Executive Budget Proposal for Human Services. Our testimony chronicled the current state of homelessness in New Y ..Read More
What the homeless need: More mental health care Posted on February 2, 2022 by Shelly Nortz in New York Daily News In the 1980s, I was attacked by a homeless woman suffering from mental illness. She knocked me to the ground and injured my windpipe. She was in her 60s and had come to the upstate shelter where I worked after being kicked out of her home. A day before this in ..Read More
Hochul’s Promised Plan For Homeless Outreach in the Subway Hasn’t Left the Station Posted on January 20, 2022 by Matt Katz in Gothamist More than a week before 40-year old Michelle Go was pushed in front a moving train at Times Square on Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan to bolster safety in the subways: More police officers patrolling platforms, and t ..Read More
Federal COVID Test Delivery Program Out of Reach to Some NYC Shelter Residents Posted on January 20, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits The federal government’s free at-home COVID test initiative is having mixed results for New Yorkers staying in homeless shelters, with some people locked out by residential requirements even as others manage to snag a kit. ..Read More
Straphangers and advocates call for action after fatal subway shove Posted on January 19, 2022 by Alyssa Paolicelli in NY1 Ali Alejandrino says he’s more alert while riding the subway these days, standing back on the platform and lowering his music to be more aware of what is going on around him. “There are various different kinds of people, all going through the ..Read More
