The Coalition will be open Monday Nov. 5, 2012 Posted on October 30, 2012 by SARAH MURPHY 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. Please find below information regarding where you can seek shelter ..Read More
Stay Safe: Preparing for Hurricane Sandy Posted on October 26, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER There is a chance that Hurricane Sandy, currently brewing off the coast of Florida, could reach New York this weekend or early next week. Stay safe by being prepared. Here are some helpful tips: 1.) First and foremost, seek shelter from the elements. If someon ..Read More
Today’s Read: A Growing Need for Federal Housing Policy to Focus on Low-Income Families Posted on October 23, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Barbara Sard from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities wrote recently on the difficulties facing low income renters. Across the country, the number of families with children living on less than $2 per person per day has more than doubled since 1996. Ye ..Read More
Media Watch: When the Problem Isn’t the Existence of Homelessness, But Actually Having to See It Posted on October 18, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER On the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Ave, the M35 bus stop provides the only way to get on and off Wards Island. The island is home to four large homeless shelters for single men, with a total population of over 1,000 people. According to a recent news ..Read More
Media Watch: Police Assault Homeless Man Inside Community Center Posted on October 16, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Disturbing video this morning documented what can only be called police brutality against a homeless man. The assault of the man by police officers took place not on the streets, but shockingly, inside a community center where the man had permission to stay. ..Read More
More Shelters, More Stubbornness: Mayor Bloomberg’s Response to Record Homelessness Posted on October 11, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Two things stuck out in a yesterday’s Associated Press article highlighting the growing problem of record homelessness in New York City: 1) The Bloomberg administration’s refusal to provide housing assistance to homeless New Yorkers is keeping tens of t ..Read More
I’m Homeless, and I Vote! Posted on October 10, 2012 by DAVID OBELE “I’m homeless, and I vote!” It’s been almost 20 years since the Coalition won the right to vote for New Yorkers living on the streets, but many homeless people remain disenfranchised. So for the last six weeks, Coalition staff, interns and a small army ..Read More
Today’s Read: The Importance of Supportive Housing Posted on October 9, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER A New York Times article this weekend highlights the importance of supportive housing. John Cornelius Foley, a formerly-homeless man, spent 20 years living on the Bowery, including time spent living in a plywood box on the sidewalk. Today, he lives in a s ..Read More
Media Watch: Violence against the homeless – When is it news? Posted on October 5, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Yesterday a disturbing video surfaced of a D-list celebrity’s son intentionally assaulting a homeless man, for no other reason than his apparent homelessness. The television stardom of the assaulter’s mother made this video news, but it is certain that th ..Read More