Welcome Dave Giffen! Posted on September 12, 2012 by SARAH MURPHY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ANNOUNCES DAVE GIFFEN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW YORK – The Coalition for the Homeless announced that Dave Giffen, formerly Vice Chair of the Coalition’s Board of Directors, has taken the position of Executive Director of the ..Read More
Today’s Read: US Poverty Level Remains High Posted on September 12, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Today, the Census Bureau released updated data on the persistence of poverty in America. Data confirm that the poverty rate remained at 15 percent—unchanged from 2010. That translates to 46.2 million people living in poverty in 2011, including 16.1 million ..Read More
Today’s Read: 20,000 Homeless Kids? Posted on September 10, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Last night, 19,000 children slept in New York City shelters—a remarkable 18 percent increase over last year. The New York Daily News reported yesterday on the record number of homeless kids. Francheska Luciano, a 14-year-old girl living in a shelter with ..Read More
Homeless Woman in NYC Strains to Pay Her Own Way Posted on September 10, 2012 by Women's News in Angeli Rasbury ..Read More
Feature: Life for Homeless in New York gets really tough Posted on July 9, 2012 by Christine Schiffner in xinhuanet.com ..Read More
Revealed: How 19,000 children are homeless in New York City… the most since the Great Depression Posted on September 9, 2012 in Daily Mail Reporter ..Read More
Number of children in city’s homeless shelters hits 19,000 Posted on September 9, 2012 by Denis Slattery and Tina Moore in New York Daily News read more ..Read More
Mayor Says City Has Improved in 4 years; Data Are Mixed Posted on September 7, 2012 by ANJALI ATHAVALEY, JOSEPH DE AVILA and ALISON FOX in Wall Street Journal ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC Better Off Than 4 Years Ago? Posted on September 6, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Are New Yorkers better off today than they were four years ago? As Mayor Bloomberg weighed in on this question, the Wall Street Journal took a look at some of the City’s social and economic indicators. Today, New York City has much higher levels of homele ..Read More
