Category: CFTH Blog

City officials keep trying to spin their proposed new rules that deny shelter to homeless New Yorkers. But the reality is that the mean-spirited rules would force countless homeless people out onto the streets. Today the Huffington Post noted the rising oppo ..Read More

The City has announced it will pay Advantage rents for December, including any late fees that were incurred due to this late decision. These payments will only be made for Advantage tenants currently within their lease period. If you incurred late fees for No ..Read More

This November, in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the Coalition’s programs, nearly 900 New Yorkers gathered at Skylight Soho for the 17th annual ARTWALK NY. Co-chaired by Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere and Carey Lowell, with honorary chair, Coco R ..Read More

[UPDATE: This morning, following a brief hearing in New York State Supreme Court, the City once again agreed with the Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless NOT to implement restrictive new shelter eligibility rules for homeless adults. The City agre ..Read More

I guess you could say I got an early visit from Santa this year. Last week, just as I was getting ready to begin my pre-holiday funk, a big dose of holiday spirit came to the Coalition. Standing at the elevator, I ran into a little girl carrying in two bags bi ..Read More

Yesterday, hundreds of people marched through East New York, touring a neighborhood that has been decimated by foreclosures. The group stopped at a half-dozen foreclosed properties before arriving at a vacant, bank-owned home where a homeless mom and dad and t ..Read More

The Coalition needs your vote to win a $5,000 grant to support our First Step Job Training Program. First Step empowers homeless and formerly homeless women– many single moms and victims of domestic violence – to succeed in the workforce. Through compute ..Read More

Today the New York City Council voted to authorize a legal challenge against the City’s proposed new bureaucratic rules that would deny shelter to homeless adults, including those living with mental illness.  The Council’s actions were widely cove ..Read More

On Friday, November 26th, the Coalition hosted its annual Thanksgiving Dinner at St.Bartholomew Church in Manhattan. Nearly 200 homeless and hungry New Yorkers heaped their plates with turkey, stuffing and all the traditional fixings during a formal, sit-down ..Read More