Survey Says Number of NYC’s Unsheltered Homeless Is Down, but Advocates Disagree Posted on May 31, 2019 by Valeria Ricciulli in Curbed A federal survey that counts individuals sleeping on the streets, parks, and subways on a given winter night every year, found that there are two percent fewer unsheltered homeless individuals in New York City, the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) announc ..Read More
Woes at Wards Island Homeless Shelters Overseen by Gov. Cuomo’s Sister Posted on May 31, 2019 by Greg B. Smith in The City Last fall, a Cuomo administration agency signed off on a new shelter on Wards Island to be operated by HELP Social Services, part of a nonprofit founded decades ago by the governor and chaired by his sister, Maria Cuomo Cole. The Office of Temporary & Disa ..Read More
A Secret to Better Health Care Posted on May 27, 2019 by Robert E. Rubin and Kenneth L. Davis in The New York Times Health care is at the center of the national policy conversation, and with the 2020 presidential election now in full swing, that is where it will probably remain. But for all the talk about how to increase access and reduce costs, we’re missing a critical p ..Read More
Advocates March to City Hall Calling for Construction of More Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on May 13, 2019 by House Our Future NY in Press Release Following State of the Homeless 2019 Release, Advocates March to Urge Mayor de Blasio to Build 24,000 New Units of Affordable Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Homelessness in NYC Remains at Record Levels, With More Than 63,000 People – Including Over 15,000 ..Read More
A Growing Crisis: Analyzing de Blasio’s Response to Homelessness in NYC Posted on May 7, 2019 by Inside City Hall in NY1 Errol Louis discussed Mayor de Blasio’s response to the ongoing homelessness crisis, with Giselle Routhier of Coalition for the Homeless and Jennifer March from Citizens’ Committee for Children. ..Read More
In NYC, Still No Homes for Tens of Thousands Posted on May 7, 2019 by The Editorial Board in AM New York Two particularly disturbing numbers stand out from this year’s “State of the Homeless” report from advocacy group Coalition for the Homeless. The first is what the coalition cited as an alarming record high hit by NYC in January: For that month, an avera ..Read More
Nearly Half of All New York Renters Burdened by Housing Cost Posted on May 2, 2019 by The Times Union in The Times Union A report drawn from U.S. Census data shows nearly half of all renters across New York state and the Capital Region are increasingly rent-burdened — meaning over 30 percent of their income goes toward rent — with minority communities experiencing the br ..Read More
De Blasio and Cuomo Are Failures on Homelessness, Report Says Posted on April 30, 2019 by Michael Gartland in New York Daily News Homelessness in New York City is projected to increase by 5,000 people in 2022 — 7,500 more than Mayor de Blasio predicted when he outlined his plan to tackle the problem in 2017, a new report from the Coalition for the Homeless revealed. The report — the ..Read More
NYC Politicians Push Mayor De Blasio for Homeless Child Funding Posted on April 18, 2019 by Ben Chapman in New York Daily News One in ten students enrolled in city schools are homeless — but Mayor de Blasio won’t pay for social workers who’d make a huge difference those needy kids’ lives, local politicians charge. De Blasio has yanked $13.9 million in the city’s upcoming bud ..Read More
