Discounting NYC Homelessness Posted on January 31, 2012 by PATRICK MARKEE Last night the City mobilized its annual “count” of street homeless people – a flawed exercise that has only served to misinform the public about the true scale of the homelessness crisis in New York City. As we wrote last year, and in a bri ..Read More
Homeless but not Eligible for Shelter? – The Fight to Stop the City’s Shelter Denial Rules Continues Posted on January 24, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Last Friday, the first portion of a legal fight to stop the City from implementing dangerous new shelter denial rules began. But the judge wasn’t yet looking at whether the new rules would violate the right to shelter, as established in the Callahan Co ..Read More
Advantage Tenants: January Rent Will Be Paid! Posted on January 19, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER The City has announced it will pay Advantage rents for January. These payments will only be made for Advantage tenants currently within their lease period. If you incurred late fees for January, or any previous months, please call 311 and request that DHS pay ..Read More
Groups call on Albany to Close Corporate Tax Loopholes Posted on January 10, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER As a coalition of organizations gathered today to call on Albany to close corporate tax loopholes, this article appeared in the Wall Street Journal, articulating exactly the problem created by these loopholes: “The percentage of U.S. corporations orga ..Read More