NYC hit with huge wave of homelessness Posted on January 29, 2013 by Steve Kastenbaum in CNN ..Read More
First Step Goes to Zumba Class Posted on January 29, 2013 by SARAH MURPHY First Step Goes to Zumba Class By Liz Henderson, First Step Program Manager One of the highlights of each First Step session is the trip to Zumba class, generously provided by Misty Clark and M Dance & Fitness. Misty and her crew tailor the hour-long clas ..Read More
“It’s Not the Ritz-Carlton” Posted on January 28, 2013 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated New York, hundreds of evacuees remain in City-funded short-term emergency shelter (and thousands more remain in FEMA-funded temporary placements). But while some evacuees ended up in Manhattan tourist hotels, many ..Read More
No Way to Count Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 28, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE Tonight the City conducts its annual HOPE survey of unsheltered homeless New Yorkers. And once again, the survey’s numerous flaws mean that the resulting estimate will undercount the homeless population and misinform the general public. As we’ve written in ..Read More
No Panacea for Sandy’s Displaced Posted on January 27, 2013 by Laura Kusisto in Wall Street Journal ..Read More
City wasting Hurricane Sandy FEMA cash on roach-infested hotels and single room occupancies Posted on January 27, 2013 by Greg B. Smith in New York Daily News ..Read More
Bloomberg Pushes to Deny Shelter to Homeless Adults, Even on Freezing Cold Nights Posted on January 25, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE This week’s arctic cold is a reminder that, during extreme weather conditions, lack of shelter from the elements can literally be a death sentence. Nonetheless, Mayor Bloomberg and his administration continue to push forward a plan to deny emergency shelter ..Read More
Sandy Evacuees Still in Limbo; Housing Crisis Looms Posted on January 24, 2013 by GISELLE ROUTHIER In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the chaos of the evacuation shelters and the ever-shifting City response made it difficult to predict the true scope of need for those that had been displaced. But three months later, the Coalition for the Homeles ..Read More