Homeless died in disproportionate numbers from COVID-19 in April: advocates Posted on June 9, 2020 by Mark Hallum in AMNY New Yorkers living in homeless shelters have a higher mortality rate from COVID-19 than the general public due to a lack of private space to quarantine, according to a report. Coalition for the Homeless released the report Tuesday that claims statewide, those ..Read More
Coronavirus Deaths Among Homeless 61 Percent Higher than City Rate, Report Finds Posted on June 10, 2020 by Spectrum News Staff in NY1.com NEW YORK – A report finds homeless New Yorkers living in shelters are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than the rest of the city. The report by the “Coalition for the Homeless” finds homeless deaths were 61 percent higher than the citywide ..Read More
Report: homeless New Yorkers in shelters have higher COVID-19 mortality rate Posted on June 10, 2020 by Kay Dervishi in NYN Media According to a new report from the Coalition for the Homeless, the coronavirus mortality rate for homeless people living in shelters in New York City is higher than that of city residents in general. The mortality rate for shelter residents was 321 d ..Read More
The Toll that Curfews Have Taken on Homeless Americans Posted on June 10, 2020 by Kira Lerner in The Appeal As protests broke out across the country over police killings of Black Americans, some mayors and governors, fearing property destruction, were quick to declare nightly curfews. Advocates say those measures made life even harder for unsheltered people across t ..Read More
New York City’s Homeless Population Has High Covid-19 Mortality Rate Posted on June 9, 2020 by Paul Berger in The Wall Street Journal Advocates called on New York City and the state to better protect homeless people from Covid-19 in a report charting how the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the homeless. ..Read More
Federal Health Authorities Warn Against Dispersing Homeless Without Refuge Posted on May 20, 2020 by Claudia Irizarry Aponte in The City As City Hall struggles to house hundreds of homeless New Yorkers ejected nightly from shut-down subways, federal health authorities have weighed in with a warning: unsheltered homeless people should stay put unless they get a safe place to go. The U.S. Centers ..Read More
America’s Cities Could House Everyone if They Chose To Posted on May 15, 2020 by Binyamin Appelbaum in The New York Times Tonight, more than half a million Americans will sleep in public places because they lack private spaces. They will huddle in crowded New York City shelters, or pitch tents under highways in Washington, D.C., or curl up in the doorways of San Francisco office ..Read More
De Blasio: Just 3 percent of homeless booted from subways remain in shelters Posted on May 14, 2020 by Julia Marsh in New York Post Just over 100 homeless people out of 3,333 approached by cops and outreach workers as they left the subway system during the overnight shutdowns have remained in shelters, Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted Thursday. Between May 6, when the system first shuttered f ..Read More
‘Literally a Lifeline:’ Doctors Without Borders Is Getting Cell Phones to Homeless People so They Can Stay Connected During Coronavirus Posted on May 14, 2020 by Emma Ockerman in VICE Doctors Without Borders is known globally for dispatching its medical teams and logistical services to impoverished war-torn, famine-stricken, disaster-plagued countries that need life-saving services, fast. So when it set up shop in New York City at the onset ..Read More