New York City Homeless-Shelter Residents Bash Food Posted on November 21, 2019 by Tyler Blint-Welsh in The Wall Street Journal Homeless shelters across New York City are serving substandard food, a half-dozen shelter residents said Thursday at a City Council hearing. The residents, who have lived in various shelters, compared the food to slop. Some said they were served moldy cartons ..Read More
Today’s Read: 114,000 Students in NYC Are Homeless Posted on November 20, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Every day, New York City’s homelessness crisis plays out in classrooms around the city, where tens of thousands of students struggle to keep up in school while dealing with the trauma of not having stable housing. One of every 10 New York City public schoo ..Read More
Leading Advocate Frustrated By Mayor’s Plan For Homelessness Posted on November 15, 2019 by Cindy Hsu in CBS 2 New York Coalition For The Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier spoke to CBSN New York’s Cindy Hsu about what’s lacking in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed plan to address the homeless crisis in New York City. ..Read More
New York to Use 18,000 City Workers to Identify and Help Homeless Posted on November 14, 2019 by Jeffrey C. Mays in The New York Times New York City will direct more than 18,000 of its municipal workers to use 311 to give social service workers real-time information to help them steer the almost 4,000 people who live on the streets into shelters. The effort, known as Outreach NYC, is the late ..Read More
Today’s Video: Homeless, Not Nameless Posted on November 8, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone The horrific attacks on New Yorkers who were sleeping on the streets in early October 2019 shook the conscience of the city and served as a tragic reminder that thousands of people live without the protection and privacy of a home. Neighbors, friends, and fa ..Read More
Manhattan’s CB4 Honored for Compassionate Approach to the Homeless Posted on November 6, 2019 by Gabe Herman in AM New York With homelessness continuing to be a major issue citywide, attention is often paid to communities who are resistant to new shelters coming into their area. But the Coalition for the Homeless is recognizing Manhattan’s Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen community f ..Read More
Rancid, Expired Food Sickening People Across New York City’s Homeless Shelters Posted on October 31, 2019 by Marcia Kramer in CBS 2 New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered an investigation after residents of a Brooklyn homeless shelter got sick from eating rancid expired chicken, but that’s not the only shelter where residents are being served inedible meals. Whee ..Read More
Today’s Read: Council Members Renew Push for More Homeless Housing Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone In January 2018, Coalition for the Homeless launched a new campaign, House Our Future NY, designed to persuade Mayor de Blasio to align his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan with the reality of record homelessness through the construction of 24,000 ne ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York City Had 114,000 Homeless Students Last Year Posted on October 30, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone One of every 10 New York City public school students was homeless during the 2018-2019 school year. New data released by Advocates for Children of New York show that 114,085 NYC students lived in shelters or doubled-up with family or friends, a number virtua ..Read More