On the Brink | The New Face of Poverty: Meet Janice Posted on April 3, 2012 by Demali Kenya in WNYC ..Read More
ARTWALK NY Raises Over $880,000 Posted on April 2, 2012 by Avonna Zheng By Maria Fregoso In November, nearly 900 New Yorkers gathered at Skylight Soho for the Coalition’s 17th annual ARTWALK NY. Co-chaired by Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere and Carey Lowell, with honorary chair, Coco Rocha, the live and silent art auction was our mos ..Read More
Shelter Residents Take Charge Through the Coalition’s Client Advocacy Group Posted on April 2, 2012 by Avonna Zheng By Sarah Murphy Every other Tuesday roughly 30 men and women from New York’s single adult shelters gather at the Coalition to participate in our Client Advocacy Group (CAG). Formed nearly two decades ago to help organize community boards of people living in ..Read More
Mayor Bloomberg’s Revolving Door of Homelessness Posted on April 2, 2012 by Avonna Zheng By Giselle Routhier Last night, more than 43,000 homeless men, women and children went to sleep in New York City municipal shelters, including an all-time record 17,000 children. For many of them, it wasn’t their first trip through the shelter system. Almost ..Read More
New Yorkers Open Their Hearts This Holiday Season Posted on April 2, 2012 by Avonna Zheng By Marisa Butler This past December, thousands of New Yorkers came together to make the holiday season a little brighter for homeless children across the city. Deliveries of hundreds of action figures, dolls, stuffed animals, games and more came in each day pr ..Read More
Remembering Larry Posted on April 2, 2012 by Avonna Zheng By Tim Campbell, Director of Programs Larry had been coming to the Coalition for over ten years before he passed away in December. A short, stocky man, built a bit like a fire hydrant with the voice of a bullhorn, he was a colorful character to say the least. ..Read More
Fighting for Vital Services in This Year’s City Budget Posted on March 30, 2012 by GISELLE ROUTHIER Yesterday, Coalition for the Homeless joined Council Members, advocates, and service providers on the steps of City Hall to call for restoration of over $5 million in proposed budget cuts to services for formerly homeless individuals living with HIV and AIDS ..Read More
NYC Homeless Shelter Costs Rising Due to Bloomberg Policy Failures Posted on March 29, 2012 by PATRICK MARKEE The NYC Independent Budget Office estimates that Mayor Bloomberg has under-budgeted $76 million for shelters next year in the face of rising homelessness and the Mayor’s refusal to provide housing assistance for homeless families – on the same day that adm ..Read More
