Posted on June 16, 2017 by Elizabeth A. Harris in The New York Times The New York Times, By Elizabeth A. Harris To get through the front gate at New Bridges Elementary School in Brooklyn on Friday, students and their parents had to squeeze past an unfamiliar man wearing a gray suit and rimless glasses who was handing out fliers. “Any housing challenges, we’re here to help,” he said, offering fistfuls of brochures about legal assistance and short-term financial help.