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Homelessness Experts Release Comprehensive Plan for the Next Mayor to End Mass Homelessness in NYC

As mayoral candidates develop their platforms for the upcoming election, experts are urging all candidates to make ending homelessness a central campaign issue and to adopt the plan’s recommendations.

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There are just 1,066 public restrooms available for the city’s 8.2 million residents, or one facility for every 7,800 people.Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times

The City Council enacted a bill Thursday that aimed to double the number of public restrooms in the city by 2035…

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New York City Council Approves Bill to Build More Public Bathrooms

A pedestrian walks past one of the city's public toilets outside Madison Square Park. (AP /Mary Altaffer)

The City Council is voting Thursday on legislation that would require one public restroom for every 2,000 residents by the year 2035…

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City Council to vote on bill to expand NYC's public restroom access

Marisol Casilla, First Step graduate from class 119, sharing her journey to career success across 11 years, with her sisterhood of First Steppers by her side along the way.

 

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Marisol Casilla | Embodying what it means to be a First Stepper

FILE – Homeless Outreach personnel reach out to a person sleeping on a bench in the Manhattan subway system, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

New York is in the midst of both a mental health crisis and homelessness crisis, which is playing out in a very public fashion — on the streets, subways, and other public spaces. But when it comes to proposing a solution to helping the thousands…

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Really aiding those with mental illness

Coalition for the Homeless, VOCAL-NY, Community Service Society and other nonprofit groups have released a blueprint on how the next mayor can solve homelessness. They cite the pressing affordability crisis, the dismally low apartment vacancy rates and surging levels of food insecurity, as well as a 12% increase in the number of non-asylum-seekers in shelters last year.

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How can NYC’s next mayor bring down homelessness? Housing groups weigh in.

City Council report questions one of Mayor Adams' signature mental health care programs

CBS News New York’s Jenna DeAngelis has more on how the mayor responded.

City Council report questions one of Mayor Adams’ signature mental health care programs

David Giffen, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless joined "Weekends On 1." (Spectrum News NY1)

David Giffen, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless, joined anchor Rocco Vertuccio on “Weekends on 1” Saturday to discuss their recommendations.

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Homeless advocate on how next mayor should handle issue

People enter and leave the 30th Street men’s shelter near Bellevue Hospital, March 18, 2025. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY

Mayor Eric Adams’ Department of Homeless Services is trying out new rules that would create new grounds for kicking residents out of city shelters, THE CITY has learned…

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City Tests New Shelter Rules Advocates Warn Will Lead to More Street Homelessness

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The Coalition for the Homeless announces the appointment of Digital Creator, Host, Actor, and Comedian Taryn Delanie Smith as its first ever Ambassador. With a combined social media following of more than 2.7 million, Smith brings her authentic voice and personal experience to help reframe the conversation around homelessness in New York City.

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Media Personality Taryn Delanie Smith Named Ambassador for Coalition for the Homeless