FACT VS. SPIN: Bloomberg’s Homeless Housing Record Posted on May 12, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE Today we inaugurate an occasional feature called “Fact vs. Spin,” an attempt to counter some of the false, inaccurate spin about homelessness and housing policy that is, sadly, all-too-often perpetrated by public officials and pundits and then tran ..Read More
Thousand March Across Brooklyn Bridge Posted on May 7, 2010 Outraged over the plight of the more than 20,000 homeless kids residing in emergency shelter each night, a group of concerned New York City schoolchildren collected over 10,000 signatures on a petition to outgoing Mayor Bloomberg. They delivered the petition ..Read More
Rent Hikes Looming from Bloomberg’s Board Posted on May 6, 2010 by PATRICK MARKEE Last night Mayor Bloomberg’s appointees to the Rent Guidelines Board signaled their support for further rent increases affecting half of all rental apartments in New York City — a recipe for more homelessness. As the New York Times and other news ..Read More
