Abuse Victim Who Slept in Car Over NYC Shelter Issues Bails on System Entirely Posted on January 23, 2023 by Melissa Russo and Hilary Weissman in NBC New York A domestic violence victim who had to leave her home bluntly described the situation at the only remaining women’s intake center in New York City as “inhumane” before opting for a rental car as a bed instead. Read more… ..Read More
City to open fifth center for migrants Posted on January 21, 2023 by DEANNA GARCIA in NY 1 The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will be the site of the city’s latest humanitarian center to handle the influx of migrants, officials said. The Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center will assist single adult men who will move from the Watson Hotel in ..Read More
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will soon house NYC asylum seekers as numbers swell: Mayor Adams Posted on January 21, 2023 by Larry McShane in NY Daily News Mayor Adams announced plans Saturday for a fifth relief center to handle the city’s continuing influx of asylum seekers — the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on the borough waterfront. Read more… ..Read More
No room or rest for the weary: Senior and disabled homeless men in Murray Hill subjected to latest street sweep Posted on January 19, 2023 by Dean Moses in AM NY Four unhoused men braving the cold on 35th Street and 1st Avenue in Murray Hill had already begun packing their belongings by the time a contingent representing the NYPD, Sanitation Department, and Department of Social Services arrived Wednesday morning to get ..Read More
Opinion: HUD Secretary on how to make fair housing a reality Posted on January 19, 2023 by Marcia L. Fudge in CNN Martin Luther King Jr. did not live to see the Fair Housing Act become law, but its passage was a consequential part of his legacy. Read more… ..Read More
City Council eyes expanding CityFHEPS housing benefit program to help vulnerable New Yorkers find permanent housing Posted on January 18, 2023 by Sarah Belle Lin in AM New York On Wednesday, the City Council held a hearing examining the CityFHEPS program, a local rental assistance program, and proposed legislation that to amend its eligibility requirements and provide greater assistance to people in danger of falling into homelessnes ..Read More
NYPD mulls new tactic to curb rampant homelessness Posted on January 18, 2023 by Craig McCarthy, Reuven Fenton and Kyle Schnitzer in NY Post More city homeless people would be threatened with costly summonses — and even jail — under a new NYPD proposal, The Post has learned. Read more… ..Read More
NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year? Posted on January 17, 2023 by Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits Thursday night, the same day Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a preliminary budget focused on “fiscal discipline” and two days after Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out her priorities for the year ahead in her State of the State speech, 70,525 people slept in a New York C ..Read More
Hochul, Adams have big housing plans; some question whether they can deliver Posted on January 16, 2023 by Arun Venugopal in Gothamist As someone who has struggled with housing for years, Arelis Figueroa is the kind of New Yorker who could stand to benefit from the ambitious housing proposals put forth in recent days by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams. Read more… ..Read More
