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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

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

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

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

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

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

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to defend the city’s right-to-shelter mandate, as Public Advocate Jumaane Williams accused city... ..Read More

Members of NY SANE, the Coalition for the Homeless, Legal Aid Society, Win, the Episcopal Diocese of New York and Housing Justice for All held rallies in New York City and Albany Tuesday to defend the right to shelter laws in New York... ..Read More

NUEVA YORK -- Varias organizaciones de Nueva York se manifestarán el martes en la ciudad y en Albany para defender la ley de derecho a la vivienda que le exige proporcionar vivienda de emergencia a cualquiera que la solicite... ..Read More