Category: CFTH Blog

It is truly a tragedy that many homeless families with small children have to bed down in filthy, cockroach-infested shelters. As if the findings in the recent NYC Department of Investigation report on the family shelter system weren’t infuriating enough, th ..Read More

The stress and noise of a homeless shelter make life challenging for all who reside there, but the chaotic environment is especially dangerous for newborns. A recent New School study warns that the 1,800 babies who were born into the City shelter system in 201 ..Read More

A recent NYC Department of Investigation report detailed the alarming conditions in the family shelter system – a system in which an average of 14,500 homeless families must bed down each night. The magnitude of youth homelessness in NYC makes the DOI findin ..Read More

Following the release last week of the Department of Investigation’s disturbing report on squalid conditions in the City’s family shelter system, many New Yorkers are wondering what can be done so that homeless families get the decent shelter to which they ..Read More

A report released on Thursday by the NYC Department of Investigation finds that conditions in the City’s family shelter system are truly deplorable and in need of immediate attention. The yearlong review, conducted at the request of Mayor Bill de Blasio, unc ..Read More

For most people, waiting in an airport is a tedious but necessary part of traveling. The only thing that makes the hours of sitting at a terminal bearable is the thought of the trip they will be taking when they finally hear the call to board their flight. But ..Read More

More than 60,000 New Yorkers are homeless. It’s important to keep in mind that behind the alarming statistics, there are thousands of individual men, women and children – each with his or her own identity and story. A recent BBC News segment features the ..Read More

While an entire generation of New Yorkers has grown up in a city where mass homelessness, sadly, no longer seems shocking, it can be easy to forget that things don’t have to be this way and proven solutions are at hand. One of the most powerful and cost-effe ..Read More

As one of the worst winters in memory continues to pummel the city, who among us can walk past the countless homeless men and women we see huddled against the bitter cold without wondering what is being done to help them? And with tens of thousands more men, ..Read More