Category: CFTH Blog

With record numbers of New Yorkers sleeping in shelters and thousands more bedding down on the streets and in the subways every night, the homelessness crisis demands bold solutions. On Thursday, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson unveiled a sweeping new pl ..Read More

On Thursday, Coalition for the Homeless presented testimony to the Fiscal Committees of the New York State Legislature on the NYS Executive Budget Proposal for Human Services 2020. As legislators enter budget negotiations, they face an unprecedented ..Read More

In addition to the record number of people in the New York City shelter system every night, thousands of homeless New Yorkers sleep on the streets and in the subway system. New York City has a legal right to shelter, but some people end up on the str ..Read More

The State legislative session officially started on Thursday, with the Assembly leadership committing to combat New York’s record-breaking homelessness crisis. According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, ..Read More

Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Holiday Toy Drive. With your help, we’ve collected 13,000 (and counting!) dolls, action figures, footballs, arts and crafts kits, and more to be distributed to homeless kids in New York City just in time for ..Read More

As thousands of unsheltered homeless New Yorkers endure sub-freezing temperatures on the city’s streets, Mayor de Blasio announced this week a new plan called “The Journey Home” to “end long-term street homelessness” in five years. In the plan, the ..Read More

UPDATE: On December 19th, the Council voted to pass Intro. 1211-A, with 38 votes in favor! Read more here.  New York City is about to take a huge step forward in the fight against homelessness: This week, the Council introduced an amended version of Council ..Read More

A shocking number of families with children in New York City lack stable housing: Every night, 22,083 kids sleep in City shelters, and in 2017, 1,164 newborns were brought “home” from the hospital to a shelter, which was the second consecutive year in ..Read More

In the midst of the holiday season, and with snow and cold weather descending upon New York, many people wonder how to help our homeless neighbors. Every night, more than 62,000 people sleep in New York City shelters, and thousands more bed down on the frigid ..Read More