NYC Eases Right-to-Shelter Rules in Bid to House Migrants Amid Suburban Backlash Posted on May 11, 2023 by Melissa Russo, Sarah Wallace and NBC New York Staff in NBC New York In anticipation of a new influx of migrants coming to the tri-state as COVID-era immigration restrictions known as “Title 42” are set to expire, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued an executive order loosening the city’s legal restriction ..Read More
In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers Posted on May 10, 2023 by Emma Whitford in City Limits At a Council hearing, officials said the city has recorded 318,000 “engagements” since February 2022 between street homeless residents and police or outreach workers, including instances where the same individual was contacted multiple times. Of those, 4,6 ..Read More
How to respond to an erratic person on the subway Posted on May 10, 2023 by CAROLINE SPIVACK in Crains New York On May 1, Jordan Neely desperately ranted on an F train traveling through Manhattan. A fellow passenger placed the 30-year-old homeless man in a chokehold, killing him and setting off protests throughout the city. Read more… ..Read More
Migrant kids mixed with single men in NYC shelter sparks safety concerns Posted on May 8, 2023 by Haley Brown, Bernadette Hogan, and Emily Crane in New York Post In yet another disturbing twist to the migrant crisis in New York City, families with young children are sleeping alongside adult single men at a makeshift shelter inside the NYPD’s old Manhattan police academy gym — a move asylum seekers and officials hav ..Read More
Jordan Neely Was Already Dead Posted on May 6, 2023 by Errol Louis in New York Mag For some New Yorkers, Jordan Neely was dead even before Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny allegedly choked the life out of him on the floor of a subway train. Read more… ..Read More
Jordan Neely’s death reflects the inhumane consequences of being homeless, experts say Posted on May 5, 2023 by Char Adams and Claretta Bellamy in NBC News The death of Jordan Neely reveals a wide societal belief that “any homeless person is likely to be violent or likely to attack them,” one expert said. Read more… ..Read More
No charges yet for man who put Black homeless New Yorker in chokehold on the F train Posted on May 3, 2023 by Matt Katz and Samantha Max in Gothamist The death of a Black man who appeared to be suffering from mental illness on an F train on Monday is stirring outrage after a white man who had placed him in a chokehold wasn’t charged by the NYPD. Read more… ..Read More
Man dies on NYC subway after being placed in chokehold by fellow passenger Posted on May 3, 2023 by Dylan Stableford in Yahoo Video of the deadly encounter shows the 30-year-old man being restrained by a 24-year-old U.S. Marine veteran. Read more… ..Read More
Artist Plate Project Returns for Third Edition Posted on May 2, 2023 by Shawn Ghassemitari in Hypebeast The Coalition for the Homeless‘ Artist Plate Project has become a platform for established and emerging creatives to showcase their work, while providing meals for low-income New Yorkers. Read more… ..Read More