She’s Baaaaaaack…

It’s been a long while since right-wing extremist Heather MacDonald has shared her mean-spirited views about homelessness with New York City’s tabloid newspaper readers.  And honestly, we can’t say we’ve missed her. But today she took ..Read More

Still Too Many New Yorkers Living on the Streets

Last night, the City of New York conducted its annual street homelessness count. The Coalition has repeatedly expressed concerns over the accuracy of the count, as seen here. Yet, regardless of our criticisms or the City’s stance, life goes on for all h ..Read More

Helping Haiti

The earthquake in Haiti has killed thousands in Port-au-Prince and surrounding communities, and left thousands more homeless and in need of emergency relief.  Here’s how you can help. The New York Times has provided a helpful list of organizations pro ..Read More

Some Good News for NYC Tenants

It’s rare these days that New York City tenants get good news, but here’s a momentary ray of hope. Marvin Markus, Mayor Bloomberg’s hand-picked chair of the NYC Rent Guidelines Board — who has overseen the highest rent increases for ten ..Read More

More on Homeless Day Laborers

Some recent news reports have done more to highlight the plight of homeless day laborers in New York City and on Long Island. As we wrote in a recent blog post, Luis Reyes, a homeless day laborer from Oaxaca, Mexico, was found dead on January 3rd in an abando ..Read More