Inocente

Inocente Izucar is a formerly-homeless teenager living in San Diego. As a child Ms. Izucar moved more than 30 times in nine years — sleeping in crowded quarters beside her three younger brothers under one temporary roof after another, and sometimes even out ..Read More

Today’s Read: Story of the Mayor’s Indifference

Even as the Bloomberg administration continues to turn away families at the front door of the shelter system, the City has still managed to reach new record numbers in shelter. NY1 reports on the growing problem of record homelessness and the individual live ..Read More

Today’s Read: Students Living in Poverty

New Department of Education data show that nearly 70 percent of all students in NYC come from poor households. Seventy percent! Moreover, 48 schools have a student poverty rate between 97 and 100 percent. There aren’t really appropriate words to describe t ..Read More

Today’s Read: Housing Court and Homeless Shelters

“Recently, the line to get into Bronx housing court was a block long….” As a huge number of families face eviction, it’s hard to get a sense of the true scope of the problem. WNYC’s Cindy Rodriguez reports today on something we’ve known for a whi ..Read More

Today’s Read: Record Homelessness and New Shelters

Saturday’s New York Times highlighted a troubling consequence of New York’s failed homeless policies. By denying families access to permanent housing resources, the City is now forced to open new shelters to meet the increasing need. Newly-released data ..Read More

Today’s Read: Economic Inequality

Climbing out of poverty in the United States is getting harder and harder thanks to ever-rising economic inequality. Today, the Associated Press talked to Joseph Stiglitz about rising inequality and how it is weakening our economy. And while the article does ..Read More

Anatomy of a Smear Campaign

Despite record and rising NYC homelessness, Bloomberg administration officials refuse to acknowledge their failed homeless policies. So instead they’re attacking their critics, including homeless advocates. Homelessness in New York City has soared to all-tim ..Read More