Downtown shelter opens its doors to women Posted on August 28, 2014 by Rosa Kim in Downtown Express The mission, which opened in 1872, offers food, clothing, shelter, counseling services and medical care at 90 Lafayette St. For 142 years, it had only offered shelter for men. For the first time on June 16th, the mission opened its doors for women to stay over ..Read More
New York’s Homeless Pushed Deeper into the Shadows Posted on August 25, 2014 by Zafirah Mohamed Zein in Inter Press Service While accurate figures for New York’s unsheltered homeless are hard to come by, the thousands sleeping on the streets are in addition to the 53,615 people – a record-breaking figure not seen since the Great Depression – who enrolled in the city’s shelt ..Read More
City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer on his homeless childhood, calls for residents to be part of the solution Posted on August 24, 2014 by Jimmy Van Bramer A young father enters a colorless room holding his infant son while his wife sits nearby trying to believe this isn’t happening. Their older kids, not much older than the infant, stay close. They are all tired and they are all homeless. The father tells the ..Read More
Homeless Population Has Surged by More Than 20,000 in Last Five Years Posted on August 22, 2014 by Katie Honan in DNAinfo The number of homeless people in the city has surged by more than 20,000 people over the past five years — with a marked spike in recent months, records show. ..Read More
Where to volunteer in NYC: Homelessness Posted on August 15, 2014 by Time Out Editors More than 50,000 people are homeless in New York right now, and according to Mary Brosnahan, who’s spent 25 years as the director of the Coalition for the Homeless, the problem hasn’t been this bad since the Great Depression. Mayor Bill de Blasio has anno ..Read More
New York’s Hidden Homeless: Part 3, Danielle’s story Posted on August 15, 2014 by Brian Levinson In the final part of a series commissioned by Susan Sarandon, we hear the stories of those living on the streets in our city. ..Read More
New York’s Hidden Homeless: Part 2, Shameeka’s story Posted on August 13, 2014 by Brian Levinson In the second part of a series commissioned by Susan Sarandon, we hear the stories of those living on the streets in our city. ..Read More
New York’s Hidden Homeless: Part 1, Angel’s story Posted on August 12, 2014 by Brian Levinson in Time Out New York In the first part of a series commissioned by Susan Sarandon, we hear the stories of those living on the streets in our city. ..Read More
The Residents of Wards Island Posted on August 21, 2014 The M35 bus is the only means of transportation in and out of Manhattan for the men and women living in Wards Island homeless shelters. Recently, police have started cracking down on those who live in the shelters and need to use the bus to get into Manhattan ..Read More
