The Government Just Said it’s Unconstitutional to do This to the Homeless Posted on August 14, 2015 by Zeeshan Aleem in Mic Over half a million people are homeless on any given night in the United States. Among them, close to a third spent the night outside of shelters, often exposed to the elements under bridges or on park benches. Due to laws passed explicitly to prevent the home ..Read More
Spousal Abuse: The ‘Silent Illness’ Driving Women Into Homelessness Posted on August 14, 2015 by Lisa De Bode in Al Jazeera America There were little red flags that could have prevented Nina Sucre from spending New Year’s Eve in a New York City homeless shelter — an initial stay that was followed by months of 2014 spent in sleeping in trains, churches and a 24-hour McDonald’s. A cut ..Read More
Is a NYC Labor Union for Police Officers ‘Homeless Shaming’? Posted on August 16, 2015 by Melissa Harris-Perry in MSNBC The Sergeants Benevolent Association is encouraging officers, along with their friends and family members, to take pictures of homeless New Yorkers and post them online. Christy Parque, Cornell William Brooks, Akhil Reed Amar, and Jeanne Theoharis discuss this ..Read More
Homeless Solutions Instead of Homeless Shaming Posted on August 14, 2015 by Gary Belsky in Gotham Gazette On Monday, Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) Chair Ed Mullins sent a memo to SBA members, urging them, their friends and family members, and “the silent majority of New Yorkers, to get more involved” and hold our elected City officials accountable. He ..Read More
NYPD Union Took Photos of Homeless to Shame Mayor Posted on August 14, 2015 by HuffPost Live in Huffington Post The NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association posted photos of homeless people on Flickr in an attempt to document “a city in decline” due to Mayor de Blasio’s leadership. Have the police gone too far in an attempt to make a political sta ..Read More
Adult Answers on Homelessness: We Cannot Arrest Our Way Out of This Quality-of-Life Problem Posted on August 14, 2015 by Arnold Cohen in New York Daily News New polling suggests great dissatisfaction with our city’s quality of life. The image driving this negativity, at least in part, is of large numbers of homeless people suddenly appearing again on our streets and doorsteps. Most blame Mayor de Blasio. After m ..Read More
311 Complaints About Homeless Have Risen Nearly 60 Percent Under de Blasio Posted on August 13, 2015 by James Fanelli in DNAinfo The number of 311 calls about the homeless has jumped nearly 60 percent since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, records show. Between Jan. 1, 2015, and Aug. 9, 2015, the city’s 311 system received 20,242 calls about a homeless person in need of assistanc ..Read More
Watch The Video Posted on August 13, 2015 Watch the Coalition’s CEO and President, Mary Brosnahan and Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer discuss the importance a new City-State agreement for more supportive housing on NY1 in the video below. ..Read More
Giving Homeless Kids the Tools to Thrive in School Posted on August 12, 2015 by Press Release in PR Web The first day of school can be a scary and uncertain time for any child. But it poses particular challenges for the more than 24,000 New York City kids currently living in homeless shelters. These youngsters often lack the tools any child needs – including b ..Read More
