So where have the street homeless gone?

According to the New York Times today, there is only one homeless man left in Times Square. …Really? So where have the street homeless gone? With street homelessness definitively on the rise according to the City’s own numbers, it is surprising, ..Read More

DHS Handshake Deals – No Deal for Homeless Families

I attended Comptroller John Liu’s press conference this morning. He released a terrific audit showing how reliant NYC continues to be on ‘handshake deals’ to shelter homeless families. Over $150 million taxpayer dollars go into these agreemen ..Read More

State Restores Homeless Funding but City Facing More Cuts?

Some good news out of Albany today: the Senate and Assembly have both restored the funding for New York City’s homeless shelters that Governor Paterson proposed cutting earlier this year. However, yesterday New York City Budget Director, Mark Page, s ..Read More