We the Commuters: Homelessness in the Subways Posted on September 24, 2019 by Shumita Basu in WNYC We the Commuters goes live-in-studio with a look at homelessness in the subways, hosted by Shumita Basu along with her fellow WNYC and Gothamist reporters. The number of people sleeping on the trains is up as commuters confront “compassion fat ..Read More
Homeless Savings Plan is ‘Paternalistic,’ New York Pols and Advocates Say Posted on September 24, 2019 by Shant Shahrigian in New York Daily News The city shouldn’t force homeless New Yorkers to put big chunks of their scant income into government-controlled accounts to avoid being kicked out of shelters, say a pair of pols along with homeless advocates. The city Homeless Services Department is holdin ..Read More
Working Homeless Would Be Forced To Save Money Under Controversial NYC Proposal Posted on September 24, 2019 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist Homeless advocates and elected officials on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the city’s plan to require working homeless New Yorkers to set aside 30 percent of their paychecks into a government-controlled savings account. The proposal by the Department of ..Read More
Cuomo’s Focus On Subway Homelessness Ignores Root Causes Of Crisis He Helped Create, Advocates Say Posted on September 16, 2019 by Christopher Robbins in Gothamist Appalled by the conditions on a subway system that he hasn’t ridden since 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo wrote a letter to the MTA in July, directing them to do something about the homeless people who seek refuge underground. “Society serves no ..Read More
Opinion: Listening to What NYC’s Homeless Students Have to Tell Us Posted on September 5, 2019 by Steve Goodman in CityLimits The first day of school is a day of promise and possibility for the more than 1.1 million students in our city schools. But the one out of ten students in New York City schools who are homeless face formidable obstacles the others won’t. Since these obstacle ..Read More
Activists Call on de Blasio to Provide More Housing for the Homeless Posted on August 23, 2019 by Inside City Hall in NY1 As the de Blasio administration looks to devote more resources to fight homelessness in the subway system, Grace Rauh discussed the crisis with two advocates: Nathylin Flowers of the group VOCAL-NY, who confronted Mayor de Blasio during his morning workout a ..Read More
She Confronted de Blasio at the YMCA on Homelessness. She’s Still Without a Home Herself. Posted on August 20, 2019 by Gloria Pazmino in NY1 It’s been nearly a year since she confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio about the homelessness crisis during his morning workout at the Park Slope YMCA. “I’m in the middle of doing my workout. Sorry, you can’t do this now,” the mayor ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Call on NYC to Build Thousands of Affordable Units Posted on August 20, 2019 by Liam Quigley in AM New York A coalition of advocates for the homeless gathered on the steps of City Hall Tuesday to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio commit to building thousands of new apartments to combat homelessness. Those in attendance held up signs comparing the populations of cities su ..Read More
New York City’s Housing Plan Falls Short on Addressing Homelessness Crisis: Report Posted on August 21, 2019 by Valeria Ricciulli in Curbed New York It’s been almost two years since the de Blasio administration launched Housing New York 2.0, a plan to combat the city’s affordable housing crisis by creating or preserving 300,000 affordable homes by 2026. Since 2014, when Mayor Bill de Blasio took offic ..Read More
