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We bring hot nutritious meals to those living rough on the streets of the city, every night of the year.
We provide lifesaving services to more than 11,000 homeless and at-risk individuals and families per year.
We give homeless families and single adults the dignity and stability of a home of their own.
We offer homeless and low-income women the training and support they need to find living-wage jobs.
We give homeless kids the help and support they need to keep up with the peers at school.
We advance long-term solutions to the crisis of homelessness and defend the rights of homeless people.
Updates from the Coalition for the Homeless. To see our recent statements, visit our Press Room.
Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters in Lower Manhattan are busily sorting through dozens of donated toys as part of their annual holiday toy drive this time of year. The initiative aims to collect and distribute 10,000 toys to children living in city shelters before Christmas.
Every November, Youth HOPE (Homeless Youth, Outreach, Prevention, Education) Month shines a light on the countless number of youth that are without a safe and stable home, and highlights the need for solutions targeted to dismantling the harmful policies and systematic barriers…
In an article published last week in Gothamist, journalist, Jessica Gould brings to light a sobering report by Advocates for Children of New York, revealing an unprecedented homelessness crisis in New York City’s public schools.
“The lack of public bathrooms is one of the daunting challenges and cruel indignities that unsheltered New Yorkers consistently face as they draw on meager resources to survive life on the streets.”
New York City began two days of public hearings Monday on Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” housing proposal….
On a lively evening in the heart of Chelsea, New York City’s art, philanthropy, and activist communities came together for an unforgettable night at ARTWALK NY 2024. This year’s event, hosted at Chelsea Factory, raised over $700,000…
Dave Giffen, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless in New York City, said there are simply not enough mental health services and blamed New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the local police department for framing homeless people and those struggling…
The Brooklyn Community Board 1 meeting was a sleepy affair, almost entirely populated by members of the board, city officials and police officers who were all on hand to discuss the state of the city’s migrant influx, which has long been described as a “crisis.”
Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director David Giffen issued the following statement on Mayor Adams’ recent announcement of new “co-response” operation focused on serving homeless New Yorkers on the subway.
This week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society, in partnership with Trinity Church NYC and F.Y. Eye, unveiled the Housing is the Solution ad campaign, a series of advertisements across New York City that highlight the lack of affordable housing as the reason for mass homelessness…
