De Blasio Plan Would Improve Conditions at Homeless Shelters Posted on May 11, 2015 by Sally Goldenberg in Capital New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has grappled with a growing homeless problem during his tenure, said Monday that the city’s homeless population is declining and rolled out a new initiative to improve shelter conditions. More than 56,000 people currently reside ..Read More
De Blasio to Deploy ‘SWAT Teams’ to Repair NYC’s Squalid Homeless Shelters Posted on May 11, 2015 by Mary Frost in Brooklyn Daily Eagle Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday that the city will deploy “SWAT Teams” to correct hundreds of building, fire and other code violations at homeless shelters. He made the announcement at the Corona Family Residence in Queens. At the Corona Family Residen ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio’s Plan to Improve Conditions at Homeless Shelters Posted on May 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Every New Yorker deserves a permanent home. They also deserve – and, thanks to the Coalition, have the legal right to – safe and decent shelter. Unfortunately, after years of neglect, conditions in the many of the City’s shelters are appalling. A Departm ..Read More
Today’s Read: Mayor Vows to Give 7,000 Homeless Families Permanent Shelter Posted on May 11, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With more than 60,000 New Yorkers sleeping in homeless shelters every night, it is imperative that our elected leaders prioritize strategies to effectively combat the unprecedented crisis. Mayor de Blasio has taken another important step to try to meet the cha ..Read More
What If the Key to Ending Homelessness is Just That—a Key? Posted on May 8, 2015 by Mike Kessler in TakePart The whole mess started around noon on a Sunday in March, when two homeless men on L.A.’s Skid Row got into some sort of spat. Something about a tent, or the location of a tent, or the contents of a tent. Typical Skid Row stuff, the kind of thing you can’t ..Read More
Richard Gere Discusses Homelessness at Montclair Film Festival Posted on May 11, 2015 by Christine Sparta in The Montclair Times It’s Richard Gere as you’ve never seen him: He lets his movie-star looks go, sleeps in a bathtub, and even panhandles for spare change. Despite on-screen appearances, Gere’s real-life fortunes seem intact. This was a required transformation f ..Read More
Amid Housing Woes, Tenants Want a Voice Posted on May 7, 2015 by Cristina Schreil in Queens Chronicle Jose Genao, 40, who lives on Denman Street in Elmhurst, had to put off surgery on his injured foot for nearly five months, waiting for his 7-story building’s elevator to be fixed. While the issue was resolved when ownership changed, he and his fellow tenants ..Read More
Happy Mother’s Day Posted on May 7, 2015 This Mother’s Day, let’s take a minute to celebrate the incredible strength and resiliency of the nearly 20,000 mothers who are homeless tonight in New York City. Our new video features a few of New York City’s 25,000 homeless children with a ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless in New York City, an Unending Crisis Posted on May 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone New York City’s record homelessness deserves a coordinated, strong response from both the City and the State, not just empty words. Our elected leaders have decried the homelessness crisis while simultaneously failing to fully commit to supportive housing ..Read More
