Educating Homeless Students: How the City is Failing our Most Vulnerable Young Minds Posted on October 21, 2011 by Giselle Routhier By all definitions, the number of homeless children reached an all-time high in the last fiscal year, with a record 42,888 children having slept in New York City shelters. On Tuesday, the New York City Council convened a hearing to investigate how the City i ..Read More
Everyone Should Pay Their Fair Share Posted on October 17, 2011 by Mary Brosnahan We have a record number of homeless New Yorkers living in our emergency shelters. Over 40,000 people, including more that 16,000 girls and boys don’t have a home. When you make one million dollars a year, it’s easy to forget what that means. It mea ..Read More
Breakfast at Tiffany’s? What Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Really Mean for Essential Services Posted on October 13, 2011 by Giselle Routhier This morning, the Coalition for the Homeless joined advocates and service providers at an “Austerity Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” held outside the iconic Tiffany and Co. store on Fifth Avenue. The ‘Austerity Breakfast’ was organized to pu ..Read More
Coalition Donates Food and Blankets to Homeless Protestors Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jen Kirby Zuccotti Park, the base of the Occupy Wall Street protests, has emerged as a dramatic contrast to the everyday tourist bustle and business suits of lower Manhattan. A palpable energy radiates from the encampment, and its borders are brimming with its charge: t ..Read More
Community/Labor Groups and #OccupyWallStreet March on City’s Billionaires Posted on October 12, 2011 by Giselle Routhier Yesterday, the Coalition for the Homeless joined hundreds of people from community organizations, unions, and Occupy Wall Street on a tour of the homes of some of New York’s billionaires. Rupert Murdoch, David Koch, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon were am ..Read More
#OccupyWallStreet March & Rally: Banks and the Wealthy Must Pay Their Fair Share Posted on October 6, 2011 by Patrick Markee Yesterday Coalition for the Homeless joined organized labor, community groups, and thousands of New Yorkers for an historic march and rally to support the Occupy Wall Street protesters, who are in their third week encamped at Zuccotti Park in the heart of Ma ..Read More
Advantage Tenants: October Rent will be Paid Posted on October 5, 2011 by Sarah Murphy The City agreed to pay Advantage rent for October, despite sending letter to some Advantage tenants telling them the City would not pay. The landlords should recieve the checks in 3 to 5 days. These payments will be made only for Advantage tenants who are s ..Read More
Safety Net, Autumn 2011 Posted on October 4, 2011 City Turns to Punitive Shelters to Handle Rising Family Homelessness ..Read More
Project: Back to School Raises $15,500 Posted on October 2, 2011 By Marisa Butler For many, the end of summer and beginning of fall can mean only one thing: back to school season. Picking out a new school bag in just the right color and filling it with new folders, pencils and other supplies has become a fundamental rite of ..Read More
