Closed Doors I – How the City Routinely Denies Shelter to Homeless Families Posted on October 27, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE The New York City Council held an important hearing about the problems homeless families confront when seeking emergency shelter – and how the City wrongfully denies shelter to families in crisis. Yesterday’s hearing, held jointly by the General We ..Read More
Troubling Questions Persist about City’s Callous Homebase Study Posted on October 21, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE More and more unanswered questions remain about the City’s callous Homebase experiment, in which 200 needy families have been denied prevention services for two years. As we noted in an earlier post, elected officials and advocates have strongly critici ..Read More
Join us November 4th for the 16th Annual ARTWALK NY! Posted on October 7, 2010 by SARAH MURPHY Join the Coalition for the Homeless with co-chairs Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere, and Carey Lowell on November 4th for the 16th Annual ARTWALK NY! Artist Honoree: James Rosenquist Philanthropic Honoree: Gail and Al Engelberg Skylight Studio 275 Hudson Street New ..Read More
Public Advocate Releases Report on Illegal Side Deals in Advantage Program Posted on October 4, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER On Friday, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio released a report documenting the prevalence of illegal “side deals” among families receiving the Department of Homeless Services’ Advantage subsidy. The report found that nearly 30% of families the ..Read More
City Denies Aid to 200 Needy Families as Part of “Study” Posted on October 1, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE The NYC Department of Homeless Services has callously cut off prevention services for 200 at-risk families as part of a “study” of the Homebase program. The New York Daily News‘ Tina Moore reported on Thursday that, as part of an evaluatio ..Read More
No Surprise: Poverty is on the Rise Posted on September 23, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER New numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week confirm what we see every day here at the Coalition–poverty is on the rise. In fact, it has reached record levels. It officially now affects a staggering 1 in 7 Americans. This translates to 43.6 m ..Read More
Balancing Budgets on the Backs of the Poor and Sick Posted on September 21, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE overnor Paterson has vetoed legislation that would have eased rent burdens for poor New Yorkers living with AIDS, many of them formerly-homeless. And the pundits who urged him to do so should shoulder some of the blame. The legislation limits to 30 percent t ..Read More
Event Benefits Project: Back to School Posted on September 14, 2010 by SARAH MURPHY On Friday, September 10, 2010, Capicu Poetry, God’s Funky Children, and Xmental University got together at Notice Lounge in Williamsburg Brooklyn to raise money for Project: Back to School. Attendees watched with amazement as break-dancers tore up the da ..Read More
Help Another Kid Posted on September 2, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Fifth-grader Olivia Oldham asks fellow students to pitch in and help homeless kids. In yesterday’s Huffington Post, Olivia had this to say: I’m so excited for the new school year: the new classrooms, seeing friends again. But the best and most bri ..Read More
