New York City Hid Realities of Homelessness Crisis, Report Finds Posted on January 9, 2024 by Emma G. Fitzsimmons in The New York Times ..Read More
Nearly 80% of New Yorkers back right to shelter, poll finds Posted on January 9, 2024 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist ..Read More
Leaders, Advocates Unite Against Asylum Shelter Evictions Before Adams Displaces Families Posted on January 8, 2024 by Harlem World in Harlem World ..Read More
New York’s ‘Right to Shelter’ No Longer Exists for Thousands of Migrants Posted on December 18, 2023 by Gwynne Hogan in The City After 42 years, New York City’s “right to shelter,” which was supposed to guarantee a bed to anyone who sought one the same day, has functionally ended... ..Read More
In New York and Massachusetts, Right to Shelter Is Under Attack Posted on December 14, 2023 by Isaiah Thompson in Nonprofit Quarterly Not long ago, advocates for those experiencing homelessness could point to two places in the United States that, for decades, have served as beacons of a more progressive and humane approach to homelessness: New York City and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ..Read More
Winter weather arrives as NYC migrant crisis worsens: ‘It’s going to get ugly’ Posted on December 10, 2023 by Tim Balk in NY Daily News In a defining image of New York’s migrant crisis, scores of asylum seekers slept on the pavement outside the migrant processing center at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown last summer. When the temperatures plunge this winter, any similar breakdowns could prove ..Read More
En medio del frío crece clamor para que NYC mantenga el derecho a refugio a recién llegados Posted on December 6, 2023 by Edwin Martínez in El Diario Con más de 100,000 personas en albergues y hoteles de emergencia, mayormente solicitantes de asilo, en pleno frío, manifestantes instalaron carpas en Wall Street... ..Read More
Protestors demand Adams, Hochul keep right-to-shelter in place Posted on December 6, 2023 by Nia Clark in NY1 Spectrum News Community groups, faith leaders, and activists took to the streets of lower Manhattan earlier to protest efforts by Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the state’s right-to-shelter policy. ..Read More
Rally to Defend NYC’s Right to Shelter Posted on December 6, 2023 by Emma Whitford in City Limits On Dec. 5, 1979, a landmark state court ruling—along with a later decree and other subsequent court decisions—established a right to shelter in New York City, guaranteeing a bed to anyone in need, at least temporarily. ..Read More