New to the Neighborhood

A fear among neighborhood residents that new homeless shelters will bring unfamiliar people – some of them desperate or addicted to drugs or mentally ill – into their community is not a new phenomenon. But with the ranks of the homeless sleeping in shelter ..Read More

Today’s Video: No Shelter

Homelessness is a citywide problem stemming from the severe lack of affordable housing in every borough. More than half of New Yorkers are dealing with unaffordable rents, one unforeseen circumstance away from falling behind and facing eviction. Fortunately, i ..Read More

‘The System Is Beyond the Breaking Point’

As the rate of homelessness in New York City has reached a record high, with around 60,000 people living in shelters, the effects on the 30,000 children in the system are devastating. Students often move multiple times on short notice, and because the system i ..Read More