Homeless Hope for Better Days With New Mayor Posted on February 14, 2014 by Mirela Iverac in WNYC News On a recent bitterly cold day, standing in front of a shelter in East New York, Cicely had a message for Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Let’s make a change,” she said. “It’s time to make a change because I think it’s unfair the shelter system is so cr ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio’s Budget: Long-Overdue Help for Homeless and Poor New Yorkers Posted on February 13, 2014 by Patrick Markee Mayor de Blasio’s first budget plan provides long-overdue help to homeless and low-income New Yorkers – and reverses many of the misguided and harmful cutbacks proposed by the previous administration. Mayor de Blasio released his FY 2015 preliminary budge ..Read More
De Blasio Administration Acts Quickly to Protect Vulnerable Homeless Kids & Families from the Cold Posted on February 12, 2014 Test Testing Testing Testing Testing Chocolate cake chocolate cake sugar plum toffee liquorice danish gummi bears. Oat cake wafer bear claw wafer. Gummi bears jelly-o sweet roll. Pie chocolate bar apple pie dragée oat cake pudding sugar plum. Pie soufflé hal ..Read More
As subway homeless population grows, new $6M outreach effort by city and MTA to launch in July Posted on February 10, 2014 by Pete Donohue in New York Daily News The homeless population in the subway has soared 90% in recent years, prompting an ambitious new effort to get the troubled riders assistance and off the rails, city officials said. The city and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are funding a $6 milli ..Read More
Levine must back Housing First to help homeless Posted on February 10, 2014 by Chris Meyer in Columbia Spectator If you ever find yourself walking down Amsterdam Avenue on a particularly frigid evening, take notice of the line of grates in the sidewalk of 114th Street behind John Jay. On most days, the grates emit a column of hot steam, which slowly rises over the sidewa ..Read More