Upcoming Events For Seniors and Tenants with Disabilities to Sign-Up for Rent Freeze Program Posted on August 11, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Workshops on recent expansion of eligibility for the programs SCRIE and DRIE will be held this week and next. Come see if you qualify and sign up! (Información disponible en español) Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, State Senators Brad Hoylman and Liz Kruger, ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation to Provide Economic Security for More New Yorkers with Disabilities Posted on August 7, 2014 in NYC Office of the Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed legislation into law to raise the maximum income level of disabled New Yorkers eligible for the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program to $50,000 a year. ..Read More
I Need a Dollar: Should You Give to New York’s Homeless? Posted on July 28, 2014 by Paul Cantor in Gawker I met Roger Blondell around 2 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon in early July. A tall chubby black man, Blondell was dressed in worn-in jeans and a shirt that looked like he’d had it on for a few days. Still, he didn’t seem quite homeless. ..Read More
More Supportive Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on May 30, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena On May 29th, the Coalition joined with more than 140 organizations on the steps of City Hall for the launch of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing. The campaign calls for Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to negotiate a new City-State agreement to create 30,000 supp ..Read More
“Real Affordability for All” Campaign Releases Platform Posted on April 25, 2014 by GABRIELA SANDOVAL REQUENA The Coalition for the Homeless joined dozens of housing advocates at City Hall yesterday for the release of the Real Affordability for All policy platform. The campaign is urging that Mayor de Blasio’s soon-to-be-announced housing plan embrace strategies to ..Read More
City Councilmembers and Advocates Urge the City to Provide Better Assistance to Homeless Families Posted on March 4, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Last week, at the City Council General Welfare Committee’s first hearing of the year, advocates urged the new administration to improve the lives of thousands of homeless families and children in the city by implementing housing-based policies. The February ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Relocates Homeless Children from Notorious City-Run Shelters Posted on February 21, 2014 by GABRIELA SANDOVAL REQUENA Mayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have taken swift action to begin relocating more than 400 homeless children from two notorious City-run shelters long neglected by previous administrations. In a front page follow-up on a landmark five-part series ..Read More
TODAY’S READ: Homeless Hope for Better Days with New Mayor Posted on February 14, 2014 by GABRIELA SANDOVAL REQUENA Mayor de Blasio inherited a historic homelessness crisis when he took office last month. But the good news is he can take some immediate steps to reduce New York City’s shelter population with the right mix of housing-based policies. WNYC’s Mirela Iverac r ..Read More
NYC Schoolchildren Delivered 10K Petitions on Child Homelessness to Bloomberg Posted on December 23, 2013 by GABRIELA SANDOVAL REQUENA Outraged over the plight of the more than 20,000 homeless kids residing in emergency shelter each night, a group of concerned New York City schoolchildren collected over 10,000 signatures on a petition to outgoing Mayor Bloomberg. They delivered the petition ..Read More
