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Month: February 2012

Activists slam Mayor’s AIDS/HIV care cuts

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Demali Kenya in Amsterdam News
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Obama Budget Splits Homeless Advocates

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Demali Kenya in Huffington Post
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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Calls on Mayor to Address Homelessness Crisis

Posted on February 9, 2012 by SARAH MURPHY
Yesterday, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered her annual State of the City address. Although she touched on many issues, she didn’t ignore the City’s current crisis of record homelessness. During her speech, she called on Mayor ..Read More

Homeless In The Blizzard: Weather Presents Dangers For Thousands On The Streets

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Demali Kenya in Huffington Post
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Long Fight Ends Over Arrests for Loitering

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Demali Kenya in New York Times
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The Fiery End of a Life Lived Beneath the City

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Demali Kenya in New York Times
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End of Rent Subsidies Has Critics Pouncing

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Demali Kenya in Wall Street Journal
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Record Homelessness in the Spotlight, But With Little Focus on the Root Cause

Posted on February 6, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER
A story in this Sunday’s New York Times sounded all too familiar. A homeless family spends hours each day commuting to work, day care and school, all to maintain a sense of normalcy in an otherwise unstable life. This is reality for homeless mom Tonya ..Read More

Ordinary Families, Cloaked in Homelessness

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Demali Kenya
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  • In June 2025, 102,850 people slept each night in NYC shelters.
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