Homeless Advocates Concerned About MTA’s New Approach to Cleaning Up City’s Subways Posted on October 23, 2018 by Hazel Sanchez in CBS New York Transit Chief Andy Byford has vowed to clean up New York City’s beleaguered subway system, and that means finding a way to deal with the homeless too. But some advocates are concerned about what they call a zero-tolerance approach as the weather gets colder. ..Read More
Today’s Read: What Homeless New Yorkers Should Demand From the Mayor’s Housing Plan Posted on October 19, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Record homelessness demands bold action. The House Our Future NY campaign, led by the Coalition for the Homeless and 58 partner organizations, is urging Mayor de Blasio to dedicate at least 10 percent of his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan to homel ..Read More
Why I Confronted The Mayor, And What Homeless New Yorkers Should Demand From His Housing Plan Posted on October 18, 2018 by Nathylin Flowers Adegunsun in New York Daily News It’s been over a week since I confronted Mayor de Blasio at the Park Slope YMCA during his workout. I went there with the intention of speaking to him about our city’s homeless crisis, and my own. He dismissed me that day and he continues to dismis ..Read More
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Today Called for an Increase in the Number of Subsidized Housing Units Set Aside for Homeless People Posted on October 17, 2018 by Rosa Goldensohn in PoliticoPro A coalition of advocates, including one who recently confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio at the gym, want the number of units for homeless people in the mayor’s housing plan increased to 30,000, or 10 percent of the total. Johnson said he has not yet sat dow ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless in New York Public Schools at a Record High: 114,659 Students Posted on October 16, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone As the affordable housing crisis forces even more New Yorkers into homelessness, the impact is felt in classrooms throughout New York City. New data released this week show that the number of NYC students experiencing homelessness during the 2017-2018 school y ..Read More
Homeless in New York Public Schools at a Record High: 114,659 Students Posted on October 15, 2018 by Eliza Shapiro in The New York Times Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives. That’s more children than at any other time since city records have been kept. In the morning, those same children will fan out across ..Read More
Despite Record Affordable Housing, Poorest New Yorkers Struggle to Pay Rent Posted on October 11, 2018 by Joe Anuta in Crain's The city is building and preserving more affordable housing than ever, but federal programs remain the most effective tool for supporting the poorest households, according to a report released Thursday. The Citizens Budget Commission analyzed a recent housing ..Read More
An Activist Ambushed de Blasio at his Gym. She Raised a Good Point. Posted on October 11, 2018 by Ginia Bellafante in The New York Times Since the beginning of his mayoralty, Bill de Blasio has continued the routine of going to a gym in Brooklyn most weekday mornings — and by morning we do not mean an hour at which titans get on their Peloton bikes, but rather at a time iron welders might lab ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio Rebuffs Question on Homelessness Posted on October 10, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The House Our Future NY campaign to urge Mayor de Blasio to set aside more affordable housing for homeless New Yorkers continues to gain momentum. Currently, a mere 5 percent of Mayor de Blasio’s 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan is set aside for homele ..Read More
