State of the Homeless 2025

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Food Support

If you are facing food insecurity, there is help available to you.

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Winter Coat Drive

Just $20 buys one warm coat!

Every New Yorker Deserves a Home.

We can not only reduce, but eliminate, homelessness in New York City.

I need help finding shelter or meeting other critical needs.

Crisis Intervention Hotline:

1-888-358-2384

NYC Can Solve Homelessness

A Plan to End Mass Homelessness in NYC

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Updates from the Coalition for the Homeless. To see our recent statements, visit our Press Room.

Compassionate Communities Award 2025: Grand Central Food Program Volunteers

Celebrating 40 years of food and compassion: Honoring our Grand Central Food Program Volunteers with the 2025 Compassionate Communities Award.

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The Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society issued the following statement on the newly announced opening of the Pearl Street Safe Haven shelter in Lower Manhattan…

Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society Applaud Opening of Pearl Street Safe Haven Shelter

Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society Applaud Opening of Pearl Street Safe Haven Shelter

16 New Yorkers have died during brutal cold stretch, Mayor Mamdani says…

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16 New Yorkers have died during brutal cold stretch, Mayor Mamdani says

A decade ago, a multimedia artist from The Bronx got a lucky break. She was one of the winners of a lottery — to which over 53,000 people applied — that allowed her to live in one of the 89 affordable apartments…

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New York City Hasn’t Built Artist Housing in a Decade. Should It?

One man was discovered under a layer of snow on a park bench in Queens. Another was found just steps from a Manhattan hospital. Yet another was pronounced dead on the ground beneath an elevated train line in the Bronx…

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Ten people die in NYC’s frigid cold, raising questions about the city’s preparedness

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday the deaths of 10 people found out in the cold since the beginning of the recent bitter cold spell…

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10 New Yorkers have been found dead in the cold, Mayor Mamdani says

The weather underscored how vulnerable people are when they do not have a safe place to shelter. At least 10 people have died, including several who had a history with the city’s shelter system…

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New York City Races to Help Homeless People as Temperatures Plunge

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul are aligned on policies like expanding free child care, but have so far proven to be miles apart on addressing homelessness in the city’s subways…

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Hochul wants homeless people forced out of NYC subways. Mamdani urges softer approach.

The holiday season has once again reminded us of the extraordinary power of community, as New Yorkers from all walks of life came together to support the Coalition’s 2025 Holiday Toy Drive…

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Spreading joy these holidays

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The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless released the following statement in response to Emergency Executive Order No. 2 issued by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani…

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Legal Aid and Coalition for the Homeless Welcome Steps Toward Ending Emergency Shelter Framework for New Arrivals