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Friday, January 4, 2013 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dinkins Calls on City to Focus on Homelessness
Last night on NY1’s Road to City Hall, former NYC Mayor David Dinkins called on the city to focus on the issue of homelessness in the upcoming mayoral election.
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Monday, December 31, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Coalition Responds to Superstorm Sandy
A sneak peek into the next edition of Safety Net.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
If This Is Success, We’d Sure Hate To See What Failure Looks Like
This week the New York Post published perhaps one of the most bizarre opinion pieces about NYC homelessness ever written. The op-ed makes the wacky claim that New York City has made “huge strides on homelessness,” despite the all-time record high number of homeless children and adults crowding the shelter system.
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Monday, December 17, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Today’s Read: The Increasing Problem of Family Homelessness
Our take on the day's pressing news.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Coalition for the Homeless Statement on HUD Homelessness Report
Homelessness Stays Level Nationally While Surging in New York City
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Remembering Jon Kest and Jessie Streich-Kest
Our thoughts go out to the family of Jon Kest, community organizer extraordinaire and longtime Coalition for the Homeless ally, and his daughter Jessie Streich-Kest, a teacher and activist who died during Hurricane Sandy.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Today’s Read: 20,000 Homeless Kids and Failed City Policies
Our take on the day's pressing news.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Congrats to First Step Classes 112 & 113!
The Coalition recently held a graduation ceremony for our two most recent First Step classes.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Growing Chaos in How City Shelters Homeless Evacuees of Hurricane Sandy
Thousands of people have been displaced and made homeless by Hurricane Sandy, many low-income families and individuals. Weeks later, the City’s efforts to shelter storm evacuees have grown increasingly chaotic.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Faces of New York City’s 20,000 Homeless Kids
Record homelessness among children and families is being fed by a complete lack of solutions from the Bloomberg administration.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Hard-hitting Ad Campaign Highlights NYC’s Skyrocketing Child Homelessness
Coalition for the Homeless Ads Feature Faces of New York’s Homeless Kids
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Friday, November 16, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Thank You To Our November GCFP Sponsors!
We greatly appreciate Lane Office, Proskauer Rose and Troutman Sanders for each sponsoring a van from today through the end of December.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
A More Accurate Measure of Poverty
The Census Bureau has released new measures of poverty across the country and in New York.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
More than 600 New Yorkers Brave Nor’Easter to Support the Coalition’s ARTWALK NY!
Thank you to everyone who came out to make this year's ARTWALK the most successful ever!
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Monday, November 5, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Homeless New Yorkers and Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has devastated homeless New Yorkers, whose numbers were at record-high levels before the storm. And even with the City’s successful efforts to prevent immediate harm to homeless shelter residents, the long-term impacts will be incalculable.
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Monday, November 5, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Post-Storm Information: Food, Water, Shelter, Disaster Assistance, Etc.
Information on available post-storm resources, including shelter, food, water, disaster assistance, distress counseling, food stamps, and election info.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Coalition will be open Monday Nov. 5, 2012.
The Coalition will return to regular business hours Monday Nov. 5, however many shelters and intake centers remain evacuated. Please click here for important information about seeking shelter and warming centers.
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Friday, October 26, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Stay Safe: Preparing for Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy may reach New York this weekend or early next week. Stay safe with these tips.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Today’s Read: A Growing Need for Federal Housing Policy to Focus on Low-Income Families
Our take on the day's pressing news.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Media Watch: When the Problem Isn’t the Existence of Homelessness, But Actually Having to See It
Highlighting discrimination against people who are homeless.
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