More Supportive Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on May 30, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena On May 29th, the Coalition joined with more than 140 organizations on the steps of City Hall for the launch of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing. The campaign calls for Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to negotiate a new City-State agreement to create 30,000 supp ..Read More
Advocates Stress Benefits of Housing That Places High-Need Individuals Posted on May 30, 2014 by Erin Clarke in NY1 Advocates say the city needs more housing tailored to keeping the chronically homeless off the streets, buildings that offer homes and help, but developers building housing that places high-need individuals often face an uphill battle. ..Read More
Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing Posted on May 29, 2014 More than 130 organizations gathered at City Hall on May 29, 2014 to launch the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing, calling on Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to negotiate a new City-State supportive housing agreement that creates 30,000 units of supportive housing f ..Read More
Hiring homeless workers proves to be winning strategy for Bronx manufacturer Posted on May 27, 2014 by Phyllis Furman in New York Daily News Process this: A Bronx-based appliance manufacturer is seeing big success by hiring multiple homeless workers. Over the last two years, Felix Storch Inc., a family-owned refrigerator and stove supplier in Hunts Point, has tapped 28 homeless and at risk New Yor ..Read More
Serrano’s homeless photos pop up in NYC Posted on May 23, 2014 by Ula Ilnytzky in Associated Press Best known for his provocative images, photographer Andres Serrano has turned his attention to putting a very public face on New York City’s skyrocketing homeless population. His stark portraits of individuals who live on the street appear in some of th ..Read More
Rejecting Bloomberg Policies, New York City Will Ease Some Hurdles to Public Assistance Posted on May 19, 2014 by Kate Taylor in The New York Times The new commissioner of New York City’s Human Resources Administration on Monday announced a set of sweeping changes that would remove some work requirements and other barriers to receiving public assistance, cheering advocates for the poor and underscorin ..Read More
NYC: Where Bonuses Rise, and The Working Poor Still End Up Homeless Posted on March 14, 2014 by Donald Kaufman in TruthDig Although the sky may be the limit for a select few, the outlook is far bleaker for a growing number of New York City’s poor. New York homeless shelters are facing record demand with an average of more than 50,000 people staying there per night. ..Read More
More working families turn to homeless shelters in NYC Posted on May 8, 2014 by Lisa Evers in Fox 5 News The biggest growth in the number of homeless New Yorkers in the shelter system is from working parents who just can’t afford skyrocketing rents. They have few, if any, alternatives. Peggy Jenkins and her daughter, Shakeima, 16, have been living in a sh ..Read More
What Does de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Policy Mean for the Homeless? Posted on May 7, 2014 by Kim Velsey in New York Observer Among the many proposals included in the $41.1 billion affordable housing plan unveiled by Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday were several policy changes intended to reduce the record numbers of homeless in the city, numbers that have continued to creep up even ..Read More
