‘This is Extreme’: Advocates Condemn Mayor’s Latest Ask to Suspend Adult Shelter Rights Posted on October 4, 2023 by Emma Whitford in CityLimits In a new state court filing, the Adams administration is requesting authority to suspend the bulk of a 1981 decree that ensures shelter access for single adults. ..Read More
Mayor Adams files motion to suspend right-to-shelter citing migrant ’emergency’ Posted on October 3, 2023 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist ..Read More
Mayor Adams’ admin asks court for clearance to lift NYC right to shelter whenever adult homeless population spikes Posted on October 3, 2023 by Tim Balk and Chris Sommerfeldt in New York Daily News ..Read More
Adams Admin Takes Second Shot at Suspending ‘Right to Shelter’ in New Court Filing Posted on October 3, 2023 by Greg B. Smith and Gwynne Hogan in The City ..Read More
What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing? Posted on July 5, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits New York City officials have cleared a modest homeless encampment on East 9th Street at least 14 times since the start of 2022, city records show. A sweep last month may have been the most unsettling. Read more… ..Read More
Disability Pride Month: A Time to Celebrate and Advocate Posted on July 7, 2022 by Mary Harmer Following the vibrancy of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month, it may be easy to overlook the annual celebration of resiliency and innovation for the disability community in July’s Disability Pride Month. Disability Pride began in Boston following the passage of the ..Read More
‘Housing Cannot Be A Privilege’: Mayor Adams Releases Highly-Anticipated Housing Plan Posted on June 15, 2022 by Samar Khurshid in Gotham Gazette Five-and-a-half months into his administration, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday released a comprehensive plan for housing and homelessness that aims to build new mixed-income rental housing, preserve existing affordable units, improve public housing stock, expedit ..Read More
City staffing shortages lead to months-long waits for housing help Posted on June 9, 2022 by Ari Ephraim Feldman in NY1 Velvet Johnson Ross felt she was doing everything right in her quest for a city housing voucher. She had won a lottery apartment in Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town apartment complex; she had gotten all her documents together; local elected officials were c ..Read More
Adams Announces Plan to Fix New York City’s Growing Housing Crisis Posted on June 14, 2022 by By Matthew Haag, Dana Rubinstein and Andy Newman in The New York Times Mayor Eric Adams laid out a blueprint to increase homeownership, reduce street homelessness and improve public housing. But housing groups say his budget, $1 billion short of what he had promised, will not be enough… ..Read More
