Newark is transforming shipping containers into homes for homeless people Posted on February 5, 2023 by Chau Lam in Gothamist Newark is among a growing number of cities turning to an unconventional solution for the housing shortage — shipping containers. Read more… ..Read More
NYC’s Involuntary Hospitalization Plan Can Proceed, A Judge Rules Posted on February 4, 2023 by Shruti Rajkumar in Huff Post The decision comes a few months after the controversial plan was introduced by Mayor Eric Adams. Read more… ..Read More
Migrant men reject transfer to Red Hook facility Posted on February 2, 2023 by Tandy Lau in Amsterdam News The city’s migrant housing situation is in terminal decline—a Brooklyn Cruise Terminal decline, to be exact. Men sheltered at a Hell’s Kitchen hotel collectively opposed the Adams administration’s decision to move them to the new Red Hook facility.&nbs ..Read More
Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants Posted on February 2, 2023 by Daniel Parra in City Limits For weeks, City Limits has been speaking to people sheltered at two of the city’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs: one at The ROW Hotel and another at The Watson Hotel in Manhattan, where adult men were recently transferred out ..Read More
New Yorkers witnessed more homelessness, encampments during Mayor Adams’ first year: 311 data Posted on February 1, 2023 by Betsy Ladyzhets in Gothamist New Yorkers filed a record number of 311 requests related to unsheltered homelessness, including individuals in need of assistance or reports of encampments, during Mayor Eric Adams’ first year in office, which was marked with high-profile policies aimed ..Read More
Why Black Families Are Leaving New York, and What It Means for the City Posted on January 31, 2023 by Troy Closson & Nicole Hong in The New York Times Athenia Rodney is a product of the upward mobility New York City once promised Black Americans. She grew up in mostly Black neighborhoods in Brooklyn, graduated from public schools and attended a liberal arts college on a full scholarship. She went on to start ..Read More
Amid record homelessness, thousands of empty NYCHA apartments Posted on January 31, 2023 by James Ford in PIX 11 LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) — With affordable housing in short supply and homelessness on the rise, New York City leaders on Tuesday questioned a steady, large increase in vacant public housing units. Read more ..Read More
Homeless survey leaves advocates unsatisfied Posted on January 26, 2023 by TANDY LAU in Amsterdam News The city started counting the local unsheltered population this week for the annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) Survey. But homeless advocates—like Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director Dave Giffen and Vocal-NY Housing Campaign Coord ..Read More
State of the City: What Goals Should the Mayor Set for 2023? Posted on January 26, 2023 by James Barron in NY Times In his State of the City address last year, Mayor Eric Adams called for “a new, hopeful chapter.” He said he could spark the city’s comeback from the pandemic with relentless attention to public safety and inequality. Read more… ..Read More
