The Current State of Homelessness and Crucial Next Steps Posted on October 27, 2015 by Mary Brosnahan and Giselle Routhier Yesterday’s New York Times gave A1 placement to Nikita Stewart’s extensive examination of Mayor de Blasio’s efforts to end homelessness. Stewart’s first sentence succinctly summed up the gist: “By one key measure after another, homelessness in New Yo ..Read More
The Blame Game: A Reality Check on Bloomberg Crony’s Attempt to Rewrite Homeless History Posted on September 9, 2015 by Giselle Routhier The Bloomberg administration prided itself on using data to inform policy. But a recent Op-Ed from a top member of his administration on the current homelessness crisis deliberately ignores the data and the important story they tell. For starters: The number o ..Read More
Population of Homeless Adults in Shelters Will Grow by 59% in 5 Years if Gov. Cuomo Doesn’t Give More Aid, Report Says Posted on June 11, 2015 by Jennifer Fermino in New York Daily News An alarming new study found the record numbers of homeless single adults in shelters will grow by a whopping 59% in five years if the city doesn’t get 30,000 units of supportive housing — nearly eight times the amount Gov. Cuomo has proposed. The Coalition ..Read More
Happy Mother’s Day Posted on May 7, 2015 This Mother’s Day, let’s take a minute to celebrate the incredible strength and resiliency of the nearly 20,000 mothers who are homeless tonight in New York City. Our new video features a few of New York City’s 25,000 homeless children with a ..Read More
Valerie Posted on May 7, 2015 This video featuring First Step graduate Valerie was shown at the Coalition for the Homeless’ 21st annual Women Mean Business Luncheon. ..Read More
Get the Facts Posted on March 24, 2015 While New York City has taken encouraging initial steps to begin to reduce the record number of New Yorkers currently in shelter, both the Governor and the Mayor must do more to combat this crisis. Please read our latest report which outlines key policy recom ..Read More
I Spent the 2015 Blizzard with New York’s Homeless Posted on January 27, 2015 by John Surico in Vice I met Alberto Lora at our last stop Monday night, outside the public plaza at the Sony building, on 55th Street and Madison Avenue, as he waited in line for whatever was left of the food being handed out by the Coalition for the Homeless workers. ..Read More
Homeless for Juno: No Shelter From the Storm Posted on January 27, 2015 by Jacob Siegel in The Daily Beast As the snow blanketed New York City, more people than ever were left without food or a roof over their head. It’s just past 7 pm Monday night, snow is already sticking to the ground and the Coalition for the Homeless has finished serving dinner to more than ..Read More
Skeptical of shelters, NYC’s homeless brave the blizzard Posted on January 27, 2015 by Emma Margolin in MSNBC Frank waited with the others for dinner from a van – meatball soup, oranges, milk, some stale bread. He wore no hat, no jacket and plastic bags for shoes. It was 27 degrees out in New York City. ..Read More
