Faith Posted on April 18, 2016 This video featuring First Step graduate Faith was shown at the Coalition for the Homeless’ 22nd annual Women Mean Business Luncheon. ..Read More
City Council Approves Zoning Changes Key to de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Plan Posted on March 22, 2016 by Brigid Bergin in WNYC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio scored a big win for his affordable housing plan on Tuesday when the City Council approved controversial zoning changes. But that was after protesters disrupted a roll call vote on two measures – Mandatory Inclusionary Hous ..Read More
At Least 212 Homeless People Died in FY 2015, Report Shows Posted on March 23, 2016 by Laura Nahmias and Brendan Cheney in Politico New York At least 212 homeless people, including seven infants under the age of one year, died in New York City from a variety of causes included drug overdoses, heart failure, and exposure to the cold during the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2015. The statistics ..Read More
Push to Boost Housing Aid for Domestic Violence Victims Posted on March 22, 2016 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News ALBANY — The head of the city Human Resources Administration was in Albany Tuesday to lobby to include domestic violence victims in a state rental assistance program designed to prevent homelessness. Steve Banks also was pushing to raise the rental assistanc ..Read More
Inching Toward Safer Homeless Shelters Posted on March 18, 2016 by The Editorial Board in NYTimes No doubt about it: The crime statistics in New York City look rosy. But Mayor Bill de Blasio is not in a good position to boast — not when people are living on the streets and subways because they don’t want to be robbed, stabbed, beaten or killed in homel ..Read More
Unsafe Haven: How Violence and Drugs at City Homeless Shelters Flew Under the Radar Posted on March 19, 2016 by Courtney Gross in NY1 We have been examining violence and drugs saturated city homeless shelters all week. In the final piece of our series, Unsafe Haven, we look at how these reports flew under the radar for so long. How will the city make sure it doesn’t happen again? NY1&# ..Read More
A Farewell to the Dog Who Helped Him Off the Streets Posted on March 18, 2016 by Andy Newman in NYTimes Raymond Goynes went uptown to see Sonja one last time on March 8, a sunny Tuesday morning. He let himself into her owner’s penthouse duplex in Hell’s Kitchen. Sonja, an 11-year-old wheaten terrier, was sprawled on the wool kilim rug in the living room. Her ..Read More
Celebrate 30 Years of the GCFP Posted on March 10, 2016 The Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) was founded in 1985 the day after a homeless woman died of starvation in Grand Central Terminal. Since then, the program has grown to become the largest nightly mobile soup kitchen in New York. Join us in celebrating the 3 ..Read More
How to Help Homeless New Yorkers Post-Blizzard Posted on January 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City got slammed by an historic blizzard this weekend that dumped more than two feet of snow and brought high winds and frigid temperatures. The storm, while dramatic, was merely an inconvenience for those of us lucky enough to have safe and warm home ..Read More
