New York Takes Step in Long, Hard Journey to Supportive Housing Goal Posted on September 27, 2018 by Mara Silvers in WNYC The 28-story residence hall at 90 Sands Street in DUMBO is sparsely decorated; the large community rooms where hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses once gathered now sit empty. But give it a year’s worth of renovation work and developers say the building wi ..Read More
Thank You for Making This Year’s Project: Back to School a Huge Success! Posted on September 27, 2018 We would like to extend a huge thanks to all of the individuals, companies, schools, community organizations and volunteers who helped make the 11th annual Project: Back to School such a resounding success. This year’s drive kicked off with a volunteer event ..Read More
Checking in on NYC’s Ambitious Homeless Shelter Overhaul, 18 Months Later Posted on September 26, 2018 by Rachel Holliday Smith in Curbed New York On a recent weekday morning, the cafeteria of the Bergen House in Crown Heights, Brooklyn was quiet. Seated around long plastic tables, residents from the 104-bed homeless shelter for senior men played dominoes and chatted. One man built small figurines from w ..Read More
New York Housing Crisis: Low-Rent Apartment Stock Has Plummeted Since 2005, Stringer Says Posted on September 26, 2018 by Kayla Simas in amNewYork Tenants and affordable housing advocates joined New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer in lower Manhattan Tuesday to call for rent law reform amid an affordability crisis in the city. A comptroller’s office report titled “The Gap is Still Growing: New Yo ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Shelter Accommodations and Services for Those With Disabilities Posted on September 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare and Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addiction on shelter accommodations and services for those w ..Read More
Know Your Rights: Homeless New Yorkers Can Vote! Posted on September 25, 2018 Since 2012, the fourth Tuesday of September has been designated as National Voter Registration Day to help encourage Americans around the country to get out and register to vote in the annual November general elections. Here is some helpful information on how ..Read More
Ask the Mayor: School Bus Fiasco, District 15, Post Primary Politics Posted on September 21, 2018 by The Brian Lehrer Show in WNYC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. Caller Q: Will you raise the number of affordable housing units for homeless people?@NYCMayor: The issue of homelessness is not as simple of moving the homel ..Read More
Single Adults in Homeless Shelters Are on the Rise Posted on September 20, 2018 by Brendan Chaney in Politico Mayor Bill de Blasio has had some success in trying to curb a homelessness crisis that has exploded under his watch, but the number of single adults in shelter continues to reach record highs almost every month. More than half a dozen providers and advocates s ..Read More
Cost of Housing Homeless in Shelters Keeps Rising in New York City Posted on September 19, 2018 by Katie Honan in The Wall Street Journal New York City has increased spending on housing homeless people in shelters in recent years, but the population continues to hover at more than 60,000 despite efforts to move many into permanent housing, a new city report shows. During the 2017 fiscal year, th ..Read More
