Fighting Homelessness, One Smartphone at a Time Posted on April 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The smartphone giveaway program, though small, typifies the way Bay Area tech companies have started to respond to the glaring homelessness problem right outside their luxurious company campuses: not by donating clothes or serving food, but by using technology ..Read More
Housing Advocate: State Budget a Start, But Not Enough Posted on April 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in City & State It isn’t that housing policy fared badly in the state budget approved earlier this month, said Rachel Fee, the executive director of the New York Housing Conference. It’s that the money the governor and legislators earmarked for housing—while sub ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC Council Speaker Calls for Action on ‘Alarming’ Homelessness Crisis Posted on April 9, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With an estimated 60,000 New Yorkers going to sleep in shelters tonight, there’s no denying that we’re in the midst of a crisis – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Rather than viewing homelessness as unsolvable, we must call for the implementation of ..Read More
New York Given a Blueprint for How to End Homelessness by 2020 Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Huffington Post A group of activist organizations are optimistic about ending homelessness in New York City in the next five years, but they’ll need policymakers on board in order to make their dream a reality. ..Read More
Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Calls for Supportive Housing to Tackle City’s ‘Alarming’ Homelessness Crisis Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito called for more supportive housing to tackle the city’s “alarming and truly heartbreaking” homelessness crisis, and slammed “NIMBYism” from New Yorkers who have resisted sheltering the poor in their neighbor ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Demand Urgent Action From De Blasio and Cuomo Posted on April 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Homeless advocacy group Homes for Every New Yorker released a report today begging the mayor and governor to make a serious effort to cut down on the city’s rising homeless population. According to the report, the homeless shelter population rose to a r ..Read More
Activists Urge Governor, Mayor to Fight NYC Homeless Crisis Posted on April 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork A coalition of activist groups rallied at City Hall Tuesday to outline a list of nine proposals they say the city and state can act on to curb New York’s growing homeless crisis. Homes for Every New Yorker, which includes non-profits like the Metropolit ..Read More
NYC Housing Focus Needs to Help Homeless, Too, Advocates Say Posted on April 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press The homeless should have a bigger place in New York City’s ambitious affordable housing push, advocates said Tuesday, arguing that two issues often viewed separately need to be tackled in tandem. Housing costs have hit a breaking point for a growing num ..Read More
City Homelessness Can End by 2020, Coalition Says Posted on April 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 News A new report says the city and state have the resources to end homelessness in the five boroughs by 2020, and lays out recommendations to make it happen. Published by a coalition of activist groups known as “Homes for Every New Yorker”, the report ..Read More
