Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court Posted on July 8, 2021 by David Brand in City Limits The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings. A group of homeless New Yorkers with disabilities are taking legal act ..Read More
NYC Faces Legal Challenge Over Decision To Move Homeless New Yorkers Back to Shelters Posted on July 9, 2021 by Mirela Iverac in Gothamist The city’s decision to move homeless New Yorkers from hotels back into congregate shelters is being challenged in federal court. On Thursday, the Legal Aid Society filed a motion in the Southern District of New York, arguing the city was violating its obliga ..Read More
Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits The pandemic has laid bare the economic and health-related vulnerabilities facing so many New Yorkers and highlighted the urgent need to provide everyone with access to both affordable housing and quality health care. Indeed, one of the most salient lessons of ..Read More
It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Originally published on City Limits. The pandemic has laid bare the economic and health-related vulnerabilities facing so many New Yorkers and highlighted the urgent need to provide everyone with access to both affordable housing and quality health care. Indee ..Read More
8,000 Homeless People to Be Moved From Hotels to Shelters, New York Says Posted on June 16, 2021 by Andy Newman in The New York Times New York City plans to move about 8,000 homeless people out of hotel rooms and back to barrackslike dorm shelters by the end of July so that the hotels can reopen to the general public, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. When the pandemic lockdo ..Read More
Homeless New Yorkers Lead a Push for Better Rental Vouchers Posted on June 8, 2021 by Jared Brey in Next City Milton Perez has spent years in New York’s shelter system, often sleeping in dormitory-style rooms with up to 20 other people and just three or four feet of space on either side of his bed. Last May, as part of the city’s emergency response to the Covid-19 ..Read More
Your Rights as a Voter Posted on May 25, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Can I vote without a permanent address? YES! In 1984, Coalition for the Homeless filed the lawsuit Pitts v. Black, which guaranteed the right to vote for homeless New Yorkers living in shelters, on the streets, or in welfare hotels. What do I need when I go to ..Read More
Number of single adults living in NYC homeless shelters reached all-time high during COVID, fueling death rates: study Posted on April 28, 2021 by Chris Sommerfeldt in NY Daily News The number of single adults living in homeless shelters across the five boroughs reached an all-time high during the pandemic, likely contributing to a disproportionate spike in coronavirus deaths among that population, according to a new study. ..Read More
Stop stigmatizing homeless New Yorkers Posted on April 19, 2021 by Giselle Routhier in NY Daily News If there is one thing we have learned over the past four decades, it is that New York City cannot police its way out of the homelessness crisis. Far too often, homeless New Yorkers are subject to unnecessary interactions with law enforcement — and sometimes ..Read More
