The Gap Between the Wealthy and the Poor Gets Bigger Posted on June 29, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER A new brief by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that the income gap between the richest Americans and the rest of the population has more than tripled in the last 30 years. Not at any other time since 1928 has income been so concentrated at t ..Read More
Tell City Hall: Keep Your Promise to 2,600 Vulnerable Families! Posted on June 24, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE Please join in our campaign to urge the Bloomberg administration to help the 2,600 needy families whose housing vouchers were revoked by the City six months ago. Mary Brosnahan, the Coaliton’s executive director, sent the following message to our support ..Read More
Homeless Teen Graduates High School Despite Obstacles in Place by City Posted on June 23, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Back in February, we shared the story of Rosa Bracero, a homeless teen who was forced to miss her English Regent’s exam because her family was applying for shelter after being evicted from their home. The Department of Homeless Services’ inflexibl ..Read More
2,600 More Homeless NYC Families? Posted on June 14, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE UPDATE: To send a letter urging the Bloomberg administration to help the 2,600 at-risk families, please click here. Back in December, the Bloomberg administration broke a promise to provide housing vouchers to 2,600 needy families. Six months later, the May ..Read More
Victory! Agreement Reached to End Misguided Shelter “Rent” Rules Posted on June 7, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE In a major victory for homeless New Yorkers, New York State Legislators reached an agreement with the Mayor and Governor to eliminate rules forcing homeless families to pay “rent” for shelter, and instead to create a new savings plan. Coalition for ..Read More
DHS Holds a Public Hearing on New Housing Referral Rule Posted on June 2, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Yesterday, the Department of Homeless Services held a public hearing on their new proposed guidelines for referring homeless single adults into permanent housing. These new rules are a step forward in preventing the City from referring homeless adults into i ..Read More
The Working Poor – One Million Strong in New York Posted on May 30, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER There is a political battle brewing in Albany over $1.25. Raising the state’s minimum wagefrom $7.25 to $8.50 is a big deal for our politicians, but it’s an even bigger deal for the one million workers that would be affected. These one million workers mak ..Read More
FACT VS. SPIN: Who REALLY Lives in Rent-Regulated Housing? Posted on May 27, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE The New York Times has a long history of virulent opposition to rent regulation, and its latest “news” article on the subject was predictably full of distortions. While it has been relatively silent on the subject during the past decade, in the 1 ..Read More
Mayor Bloomberg opposes living wage bill Posted on May 26, 2010 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Mayor Bloomberg has made it clear that he does not support a new bill being considered by the City Council–a bill that would require employers to pay living wages to all workers at city-subsidized projects. This idea would seem to make a lot of sense. W ..Read More