City to Close Dozens of Sites Housing Migrants, Citing Dip in Shelter Population Posted on December 10, 2024 by Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits Officials attributed the closures to a steady decline in the number of people in the shelter system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 migrants and asylum seekers remain, the majority of them families with children. ..Read More
New York to Close Giant Family Shelter to Protect Migrants From Trump Posted on December 10, 2024 by Luis Ferré-Sadurní in The New York Times New York City officials announced on Tuesday that they would close a giant tent complex in Brooklyn that houses some 2,000 migrants, a pre-emptive step meant to fend off concerns that the shelter could be targeted by the Trump administration. ..Read More
New York mayor closes shelters for asylum seekers amid rightward turn Posted on December 10, 2024 by Marina Dunbar in The Guardian The New York city mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Tuesday that an additional 25 shelters used to house asylum seekers will be closing in the coming two months. ..Read More
NYC to close migrant shelter at Brooklyn airfield by early 2025 Posted on December 10, 2024 by Amanda Garcia in ABC News The Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field, located at a former airfield in the borough of Brooklyn, joins a growing list of 25 shelters the city has either closed or is in the processing of shutting down. ..Read More
2024 Nonprofit Power Players Posted on December 4, 2024 by PoliticsNY and amNY Metro in PoliticsNY Dave Giffen is Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, the oldest advocacy and direct service organization serving people without homes. The Coalition established NY’s legal Right to Shelter in 1981 and serves as independent monitor of the muni ..Read More
Toy drive aims to collect 10k toys for homeless kids Posted on December 3, 2024 by Roger Clark in New York 1 Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters in Lower Manhattan are busily sorting through dozens of donated toys as part of their annual holiday toy drive this time of year. The initiative aims to collect and distribute 10,000 toys to children living ..Read More
Why Isn’t It ‘Free to Pee’ in New York City? Posted on November 1, 2024 by Alison Wilkey, Will Woods and Nathylin Flowers Adesegun in City Limits ..Read More
Deadly NYC subway chokehold case jury selection begins Posted on October 21, 2024 by Adi Guajardo in Scripps News ..Read More
New Yorkers debate the merits of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” housing proposal Posted on October 22, 2024 by Ali Bauman, Natalie Duddridge in CBS News New York New York City began two days of public hearings Monday on Mayor Eric Adams' "City of Yes" housing proposal. The plan is designed to address the housing crisis by changing zoning regulations to allow more residential units to be built. On Monday, the Planning C ..Read More
