NYC’s homeless population higher than official estimate as city faces shortage of safe shelters: report Posted on March 22, 2022 by Clayton Guse in New York Daily News The number of homeless people sleeping on New York’s streets and subways is higher than city officials estimate — and the shabby state of the city’s shelters is in part to blame, said a report published Tuesday by the Coalition for the Homeless. ..Read More
Man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people arrested Posted on March 15, 2022 by Bobby Caina Calvan and Ashraf Khalil in AP News WASHINGTON (AP) — A gunman suspected of stalking homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington, D.C., killing at least two people and wounding three others, was arrested early Tuesday, police said. ..Read More
Number of homeless people killed in NYC is increasing Posted on March 15, 2022 by Matt Katz in Gothamist The killer police say targeted homeless people in New York City and Washington D.C. is part of a disturbing trend: A growing number of unhoused people being murdered in the city. ..Read More
‘Coalition for the Homeless’ director speaks out on shootings of homeless men Posted on March 14, 2022 by Kemberly Richardson in abc7NY Policy director for “Coalition for the Homeless” Jacquelyn Simone, digs deeper into the disturbing acts of violence by a gunman who has targeted homeless men in New York City and Washington D.C. ..Read More
Protecting Homeless New Yorkers Posted on March 14, 2022 by PIX11 in PIX11 Police in New York City and in the nation’s capital launched a joint investigation Sunday into a series of attacks on homeless individuals. Shootings in Washington, DC and in NYC are believed to have been committed by the same individual, police said. Office ..Read More
‘Cold-blooded killer’: 6th homeless attack investigated after 5 linked in NYC, DC, officials say Posted on March 14, 2022 by Katie Corrado and Lauren Cook in PIX11 TRIBECA, Manhattan (PIX11) — The death of a homeless man found on a Tribeca street Sunday evening has residents rattled as the NYPD and police in Washington D.C. investigate a series of attacks that they believe are connected. ..Read More
How Can NYC Make Shelters Safer? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines Posted on March 14, 2022 by Reuven Blau in The City People openly smoke crack in bed. Weapons like brass knuckles and stun guns are stashed inside lockers. And there’s the constant fear of being assaulted or robbed. ..Read More
Advocates react to shootings of two homeless men Posted on March 13, 2022 by Arnold Davick in NY1 Advocates for homeless New Yorkers are reacting after two homeless men were shot Saturday morning, one of them fatally. For Shams DaBaron, who experienced homelessness for many years, it brings back memories of the times he had to sleep on the streets. ..Read More
New York grapples with best way to treat severe mental illness Posted on March 7, 2022 by David Lombardo in The Capitol Pressroom March 7, 2022 – High-profile incidents involving mentally-ill, homeless New Yorkers has prompted state policymakers to offer up temporary solutions for helping people with severe mental illness. Coalition for the Homeless Deputy Executive Director for Policy ..Read More