Today’s Read: What So Many Get Wrong About Homelessness Posted on January 31, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone While elected leaders continue to play politics and unnecessarily delay the release of funds for supportive housing, thousands of New Yorkers are enduring the bitter winter weather on the streets or sleeping in crowded shelters. Supportive housing pairs the st ..Read More
What So Many Get Wrong About Homelessness Posted on January 31, 2017 by Stephen Levin in Medium “This doesn’t just happen to those people,” said Jennifer Garris. “Anyone can become homeless.” Ms. Garris has a Masters degree and was a special education teacher for 24 years. But after her husband passed away, she struggled with depression and alc ..Read More
In Memoriam: James Taylor Posted on January 31, 2017 by Anna Hadfield This week, the Coalition lost an important member of our family, James Taylor. James was an integral part of our Grand Central Food Program team for over 15 years, as one of our part-time drivers – though his presence felt like it had a full-time feel to it ..Read More
As Homeless Crisis Grows in NYC, State Sits on $2 Billion in Yet-to-Be Released Housing Funds Posted on January 26, 2017 by Zack Fink in NY1 With a growing homeless crisis in the city, New York State is sitting on roughly $2 billion in housing funds that have yet to be released. Zack Fink filed the following report. For state lawmakers representing the city of New York, any funds the state can prov ..Read More
City Council Progressive Caucus Backs Queens Assemblyman’s Statewide Plan to Subsidize Rent for ‘Vulnerable Residents’ Posted on January 26, 2017 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News A Queens assemblyman’s plan to crack down on the city homeless crisis has won the backing of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus. The caucus is supporting a plan by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) called the Home Stability Support program th ..Read More
Add Your Name Posted on January 24, 2017 With nearly 63,000 people – including more than 24,000 children – sleeping in New York City shelters tonight and thousands more enduring homelessness statewide, it is time for bold action to address the crisis. Home Stability Support (HSS) is an innovative ..Read More
CityViews: City’s Effort to Tally Homeless Youth Won’t Add Up Posted on January 23, 2017 by Craig Hughes in City Limits Two weeks from tonight, New York City will embark on its annual HOPE effort where volunteers will engage a small number of those living on the street. For four days afterward the city will conduct the Youth Count, a tally of homeless youth primarily conducted ..Read More
A Bold Plan to Prevent Homelessness Posted on January 23, 2017 by New York Times Editorial Board in The New York Times It can’t be said enough that New York’s homelessness crisis is complicated. In a city where people are squeezed beyond their means by rising rents, just one of any number of additional stresses — a lost job, sickness, addiction, domestic violence — can ..Read More
Homeless Being Housed in Sub-Human and Unsafe Conditions in NYC, Report Shows Posted on January 19, 2017 by Nicole Schubert and Stephen Rex Brown in New York Daily News Homeless people are being housed in sub-human, unsafe conditions at hotels and other shelters, a new report by Albany pols found. The report, “Horrors in Homeless Housing,” found that well over half of the hotels in the city hosting the homeless have hundr ..Read More