Adams Adds $171M for Homeless Services to Proposed City Budget Posted on April 25, 2022 by Mark Hallum in Commercial Observer Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday announced a plan to pump $171 million into the city’s shelter system that would create 1,400 new beds to address homelessness in New York City. ..Read More
Mayor: City to invest in ‘safe haven’ shelters, outreach for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness Posted on April 24, 2022 by Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky in Gothamist Mayor Eric Adams’s executive budget plan for the coming year will include $171 million in funding for alternatives to conventional homeless shelters, officials said Sunday. ..Read More
Finding shelter for New York City’s homeless is a bureaucratic nightmare Posted on April 18, 2022 by Caroline Spivack & Brian Pascus in Crain’s New York On a frigid Wednesday morning in March, Marg Curran scanned the streets of East Harlem through the windows of a Toyota Rav4. Curran and Alexandra Long, in the passenger seat, kept an eye out for tents, electric-blue tarps draped over discarded furniture, shopp ..Read More
At Bronx Welcome Center, NYC Tests New Approach to Shelter for Street Homeless Posted on April 15, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits The site opened to people moving off the streets and subways on March 28, amid significant backlash to ongoing homeless sweeps and calls by advocates and some elected officials for the city to use hotel rooms as low-barrier, private spaces for people bedding d ..Read More
Protests Mount Over Mayor’s ‘Cruel’ Homeless Encampment Sweeps Posted on April 12, 2022 by Anna Quinn in Patch NEW YORK, NY — A movement to physically stop Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial clean-up of homeless encampments is growing across the city as activists urge the mayor to take on new methods of helping unhoused New Yorkers. ..Read More
Coalition for the homeless says Mayor Adams’ homeless plan misses the mark Posted on April 10, 2022 by Cheryl Wills and Kaitlynn Keller in Spectrum News NY1 Jacquelyn Simone, policy director with Coalition for the Homeless, joins ‘In Focus’ to discuss Mayor Adams’ clearing of homeless encampments throughout the city. ..Read More
As city clears homeless encampments, questions surround Adams’ plans for new shelter beds Posted on April 8, 2022 by Chau Lam in Gothamist Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has continued removing homeless encampments in the city, even as the policy has come under intense scrutiny. ..Read More
Brooklyn Reacts to City’s Task Force Removing Homeless Encampments From Under BQE Posted on April 7, 2022 by Jessy Edwards in BKReader Ten homeless encampments underneath the BQE in Brooklyn have been removed at the direction of New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the first phase of an initiative designed to connect homeless people with City services, but it has been heavily criticized by local ..Read More
New York City workers keep throwing out homeless people’s belongings Posted on April 5, 2022 by Jeff Coltin in City & State New York City workers have been throwing out homeless people’s personal belongings in the latest round of sweeps, advocates for unhoused people said – despite New York City Mayor Eric Adams and city Sanitation Department officials’ assurances that they w ..Read More