Coalition Testifies at NYS Health Budget Hearing Posted on March 3, 2011 by Sarah Murphy On March 3, Shelly Nortz of the Coalition for the Homeless Albany Office testified before the New York State Legislature regarding the 2011-2012 Executive Budget Proposal for Health. She underscored several of our recommendations to the Medicaid Redesign Tea ..Read More
Safety Net Winter 2011: Solutions Posted on March 2, 2011 by Sarah Murphy In this edition of Safety Net, we focus on solutions. In “Cuomo’s Potential: Reduce Homelessness” Shelly Nortz, our Deputy Executive Director for Policy, outlines five recommendations that would help Governor Cuomo to reduce homlessness, incl ..Read More
Bloomberg’s Budget Plan Would Cut Vital Services for Homeless and Poor New Yorkers Posted on February 18, 2011 by Patrick Markee Yesterday Mayor Bloomberg released his preliminary budget plan for FY 2012, which begins July 1st, and as predicted it includes sharp cutbacks to vital services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers. As a host of news organizations reported (see here, her ..Read More
Governor Cuomo’s proposed Advantage cut: an opportunity for reform Posted on February 16, 2011 by Giselle Routhier Three years after its inception, alarming new evidence shows how the Bloomberg administration’s flawed Advantage program is forcing rising numbers of formerly-homeless New York City children and families back into homelessness. Among the most troubling f ..Read More
HUD Reports on Lack of Affordable Housing Across Country Posted on February 10, 2011 by Giselle Routhier Last week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a report documenting what it calls the “worst case housing needs” of 2009. HUD defines “worst case housing needs” as: Renters with incomes below 50 percent of the A ..Read More
Undercounting the Homeless Redux Posted on January 31, 2011 by Patrick Markee Tonight the City of New York will send volunteers out to “count” homeless people on the streets and in subways – a flawed effort that, year after year, has resulted in a significant undercount of New York City’s homeless population. Coa ..Read More
New York’s Number One Affordable Housing Issue This Year Posted on January 26, 2011 by Patrick Markee On June 15th rent laws protecting 2.5 million tenants are set to expire. And if the New York State Legislature and Governor Cuomo fail to renew and strengthen the rent laws, we could see a homelessness and housing crisis unlike any since the Great Depression. ..Read More
Back to the Bad Old Days Posted on January 21, 2011 by Patrick Markee The Bloomberg administration has plans to crowd hundreds of homeless men on an armory drill floor in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a dangerous step backwards to the bad old days of unsafe, overcrowded shelters. Yesterday the New York Times ..Read More
The Economics of Homelessness Posted on January 14, 2011 by Giselle Routhier The specific circumstances under which a family may become homeless are unique to the nearly 40,000 individuals that experience it every day in New York City. But there are common themes to the overarching problem, such as low wages, high rents, and joblessnes ..Read More
