Month: February 2010

Rosa Deserves to Graduate

Posted on by GISELLE ROUTHIER
Rosa Bracero is a 17 year-old high school senior at Brooklyn’s High School for Civil Rights. As the Daily News reported, she finished all of her credits to graduate last week – a semester early – and was on track to attend Lincoln Technical ..Read More

NY Bureaucrats Block Homeless Teen’s High School Graduation

Posted on by PATRICK MARKEE
Rosa Bracero, a homeless high school student, was prevented from taking her graduation exams by New York City and State bureaucrats. Yesterday’s New York Daily News featured a remarkable article by reporter Meredith Kolodner, telling the story of Ros ..Read More

The Next Wave of Homeless Families

Posted on by GISELLE ROUTHIER
In continuation of yesterday’s blog and stories in the Daily News, I’d like to highlight another serious flaw of the Work Advantage program–it lasts for just two years. The first 1000 families were put on the subsidy around the fall of 200 ..Read More

Coalition for the Homeless – the 16,000

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In 2010 there were 16,000 children residing in New York City emergency shelters – enough to form a line from one end of Manhattan to the other. (Note: as of 2014, the number reached a record 23,000 kids) ..Read More

Taking Advantage of Homeless Families

Posted on by PATRICK MARKEE
An alarming news report documents the growing problems with Mayor Bloomberg’s flawed “Work Advantage” program — including children and families placed into hazardous homes. The New York Daily News has, over the past two days, publishe ..Read More