Homelessness Rose in New York Posted on October 30, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The New York Times The number of homeless people living on the streets and in shelters across the country fell this year, according to an annual federal survey released on Thursday. But in New York City, the homeless population continued to grow, swelling in almost every categor ..Read More
Paul Bettany on Directing His First Film and His Mission to Help the Homeless Posted on October 29, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The New York Times When the actor Paul Bettany set out to write and direct his first feature film, the upcoming “Shelter,” inspiration came from an unlikely source: a homeless couple who lived outside his apartment building. ..Read More
Why I Volunteer With The Grand Central Food Program Posted on October 29, 2014 by Arvind Singh Arvind Singh, a Senior Analyst at AIG, started volunteering with the Grand Central Food Program in 2004. Below, he shares why he has been such a steadfast GCFP volunteer for a decade. For almost 10 years, I’ve had the opportunity of volunteering as a dri ..Read More
Homelessness In The World’s Largest City Just Hit A Record Low Posted on October 27, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Think Progress The number of homeless residents in New York City, the largest city in the United States, reached a record high this month at more than 56,000 people. Halfway around the world, another metropolis recently hit a homeless record of its own: just 1,697 people are ..Read More
CBPP Report: How Housing Location Can Create Opportunity for Children Posted on October 24, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena Earlier this month, Barbara Sard and Douglas Rice from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released the Creating Opportunity for Children Report, which describes how improvements to federal rental assistance programs could substantially bet ..Read More
A tale of two New York Cities: I was rich, my brother was down and out Posted on October 24, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The Guardian It is the city of dreams and cinema cliches, but also of poverty, soaring rents and inequality. The divide between rich and poor has never been greater, as John Freeman discovered when his brother Tim moved into a homeless shelter a few blocks from his smart a ..Read More
Ambitious Call for De Blasio, Cuomo to Build Supportive Housing Posted on October 23, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in City Limits The Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing is vying for 30,000 units to be built in both the city and state over the next ten years, with projects starting in 2016. ..Read More
DHS head facing tough challenges in first year Posted on October 23, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Queens Chronicle DHS Commissioner Gilbert Taylor, in a sitdown interview with Chronicle staff on Thursday, said he and the agency are both proactively and reactively dealing with the city’s homelessness crisis the best it can in their first year in office. ..Read More
More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless Posted on October 22, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in New York Now According to a report released Monday by the National Coalition for the Homeless, 21 cities have passed measures aimed at restricting the people who feed the homeless since January 2013. The measures that restrict food distribution tend to take one of two form ..Read More
