Today’s Read: Rise to the Challenge and Fight Street Homelessness Posted on March 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone While an entire generation of New Yorkers has grown up in a city where mass homelessness, sadly, no longer seems shocking, it can be easy to forget that things don’t have to be this way and proven solutions are at hand. One of the most powerful and cost-effe ..Read More
America’s homeless children Posted on March 2, 2015 in Deutsche Welle The second-richest country in the world is failing to provide a roof over the heads of some 2.5 million children. In New York alone, about 20,000 people live on the street, in the shadows of skyscrapers. Dallas, Aliyah and their parents are staying in a shelte ..Read More
Today’s Read: Blueprint Now in Place, de Blasio Builds a Homeless Policy Posted on March 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone As one of the worst winters in memory continues to pummel the city, who among us can walk past the countless homeless men and women we see huddled against the bitter cold without wondering what is being done to help them? And with tens of thousands more men, ..Read More
Rise to the challenge and fight street homelessness Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jerry Jones in New York Daily News When modern homelessness first emerged, our nation was shocked at the spectacle of men and women bedding down on the streets of large cities, and even small towns. For those of us who rallied to bring our homeless neighbors in out of the cold, New York City wa ..Read More
Blueprint Now in Place, de Blasio Builds a Homeless Policy Posted on March 2, 2015 by Jarrett Murphy in City & State Mayor’s initiatives win praise, but have yet to stem tide of homelessness. ..Read More