New York’s Plan for Mentally Ill Homeless People Is Not the Solution, Expert Says Posted on February 8, 2023 by Emily Hutto in MedPage Today I’m not sure I know what it would really take from the inside of the bureaucracy at the city and state level to mount what would be a durable, long-term commitment to addressing not just the emerging needs or the emergent needs on the street, but the lon ..Read More
NYC launches cop hotline for mental health evaluations, forcible removals of homeless people Posted on February 6, 2023 by Chau Lam in Gothamist City officials launched a hotline to help NYPD officers decide whether someone should be forcibly removed from the streets, the subways and other public spaces and sent to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Read more… ..Read More
Federal court uphold NY rent stabilization laws, setting up possible Supreme Court showdown Posted on February 6, 2023 by David Brand in Gothamist New York City’s rent stabilization system is safe for now, after a federal appeals court on Monday upheld laws capping rent increases and limiting evictions on roughly a million apartments citywide. Read more… ..Read More
Newark is transforming shipping containers into homes for homeless people Posted on February 5, 2023 by Chau Lam in Gothamist Newark is among a growing number of cities turning to an unconventional solution for the housing shortage — shipping containers. Read more… ..Read More
NYC’s Involuntary Hospitalization Plan Can Proceed, A Judge Rules Posted on February 4, 2023 by Shruti Rajkumar in Huff Post The decision comes a few months after the controversial plan was introduced by Mayor Eric Adams. Read more… ..Read More
Migrant men reject transfer to Red Hook facility Posted on February 2, 2023 by Tandy Lau in Amsterdam News The city’s migrant housing situation is in terminal decline—a Brooklyn Cruise Terminal decline, to be exact. Men sheltered at a Hell’s Kitchen hotel collectively opposed the Adams administration’s decision to move them to the new Red Hook facility.&nbs ..Read More
Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants Posted on February 2, 2023 by Daniel Parra in City Limits For weeks, City Limits has been speaking to people sheltered at two of the city’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs: one at The ROW Hotel and another at The Watson Hotel in Manhattan, where adult men were recently transferred out ..Read More
New Yorkers witnessed more homelessness, encampments during Mayor Adams’ first year: 311 data Posted on February 1, 2023 by Betsy Ladyzhets in Gothamist New Yorkers filed a record number of 311 requests related to unsheltered homelessness, including individuals in need of assistance or reports of encampments, during Mayor Eric Adams’ first year in office, which was marked with high-profile policies aimed ..Read More
Why Black Families Are Leaving New York, and What It Means for the City Posted on January 31, 2023 by Troy Closson & Nicole Hong in The New York Times Athenia Rodney is a product of the upward mobility New York City once promised Black Americans. She grew up in mostly Black neighborhoods in Brooklyn, graduated from public schools and attended a liberal arts college on a full scholarship. She went on to start ..Read More