Send 20,000 Messages Posted on November 22, 2016 Last year, the Coalition for the Homeless, as a lead member of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing, fought for a historic commitment from the State to fund 20,000 units of supportive housing over the next 15 years. The State budget passed in April included funding fo ..Read More
Urge State Leaders to Fund Supportive Housing Posted on September 20, 2016 Last week, Governor Cuomo took a big step toward releasing critical funding for supportive housing by directing the New York State Division of the Budget to execute a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to release $2 billion for supportive and affordable housing ..Read More
Tell State Leaders To Keep Their Promise Posted on July 12, 2016 The State budget set aside $1.9 billion for affordable and supportive housing, but subjected those funds to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governor and legislative leaders. Unfortunately, the State only released a meager $150 million of the $1 ..Read More
Tell Albany Time Is Running Out Posted on June 16, 2016 All that is preventing the State from building the first 6,000 new units of supportive housing for the most vulnerable homeless individuals and families is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governor and legislative leaders. With only a few hours ..Read More
Tell Albany to Act Now Posted on May 25, 2016 Over four months ago the Governor announced a commitment to build 20,000 units of supportive housing for homeless New Yorkers across the state, but so far not one penny has been spent to meet this urgent goal. Right now, all that is preventing the State fro ..Read More
Celebrate 30 Years of the GCFP Posted on March 10, 2016 The Grand Central Food Program (GCFP) was founded in 1985 the day after a homeless woman died of starvation in Grand Central Terminal. Since then, the program has grown to become the largest nightly mobile soup kitchen in New York. Join us in celebrating the 3 ..Read More
New Coats for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 7, 2016 The cold weather is finally here. Help homeless New Yorkers with the gift of a new coat! Click here to see our list highlighting coats in the sizes the men and women we serve need most. ..Read More
Send the Governor A Message Posted on December 22, 2015 Supportive housing is the key to ending homelessness for vulnerable New Yorkers. In November, the Mayor announced his commitment to fund 15,000 units. Now, Governor Cuomo must match that 15,000 in NYC and create an additional 5,000 units elsewhere in the state ..Read More
Ask For 35,000 Units! Posted on October 28, 2015 Sign this petition to let the Governor and the Mayor know that supportive housing is a cost-effective way to end chronic homelessness for the New Yorkers that need it most. UPDATE: Thanks to your activism, Mayor de Blasio recently announced that the City would ..Read More
