Today’s Read: de Blasio’s Plan to Improve Conditions at Homeless Shelters Posted on May 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Every New Yorker deserves a permanent home. They also deserve – and, thanks to the Coalition, have the legal right to – safe and decent shelter. Unfortunately, after years of neglect, conditions in the many of the City’s shelters are appalling. A Departm ..Read More
Today’s Read: Mayor Vows to Give 7,000 Homeless Families Permanent Shelter Posted on May 11, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With more than 60,000 New Yorkers sleeping in homeless shelters every night, it is imperative that our elected leaders prioritize strategies to effectively combat the unprecedented crisis. Mayor de Blasio has taken another important step to try to meet the cha ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless in New York City, an Unending Crisis Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City’s record homelessness deserves a coordinated, strong response from both the City and the State, not just empty words. Our elected leaders have decried the homelessness crisis while simultaneously failing to fully commit to supportive housing ..Read More
Today’s Read: The Homeless Shelter Crisis Posted on May 4, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With the shelter system bursting at the seams, the City and State governments need to immediately prioritize strategies that offer concrete help to the unprecedented number of New Yorkers without homes. A New York Daily News editorial reviewed the mixed result ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC Spends Millions Per Year on Subpar Shelters for Homeless Families Posted on April 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City’s historic homelessness crisis takes a tragic toll on the 60,000 men, women and children who bed down in shelters each night. It also comes at a significant financial cost to taxpayers: In the past five years alone, the City has spent $1.7 bill ..Read More
Today’s Read: Pushing the Mayor to Do More for the Homeless Posted on April 24, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Faced with a historic homelessness crisis, the City must make full use of every available tool to help the 60,000 men, women and children who are languishing in shelters – and to prevent more people from facing the trauma of homelessness. The New York City C ..Read More
Today’s Video: Record 42,000 Kids Slept in NYC Homeless Shelters Last Year Posted on April 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone When most people think about homelessness, they often picture men and women panhandling on street corners or sleeping on subway benches. The heartbreaking reality is that those we see struggling on the streets represent only a small portion of tens of thousand ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC Council Speaker Calls for Action on ‘Alarming’ Homelessness Crisis Posted on April 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With an estimated 60,000 New Yorkers going to sleep in shelters tonight, there’s no denying that we’re in the midst of a crisis – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Rather than viewing homelessness as unsolvable, we must call for the implementation of ..Read More
How to End NYC Homelessness in Five Years Posted on April 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone The Coalition and other members of the “Homes for Every New Yorker” partnership released a new report today that presents nine strategies that Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo must implement to end mass homelessness by 2020. The Coalition stood alongside ..Read More