NYC’s Homeless Become ‘Pawns’ in Police Union Fight With Mayor Posted on August 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Al Jazeera America New York City’s homeless have been caught up in a long-running feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and a police union that is now encouraging members to take pictures of people committing quality-of-life crimes, such as sleeping on the street. Seemingly intend ..Read More
House the Homeless Posted on August 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Amsterdam News Homelessness is considered pretty much an accepted part of life in New York City and has been for decades—the man asking for money when you exit a building, the woman holding a child in her arms who speaks to the entire subway car, the shoeless man with a si ..Read More
NYPD Officers Seek To Shame Homeless Population Through Social Media Campaign Posted on August 12, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Think Progress The city’s homeless population is under heightened public scrutiny, due in large part to more frequent media coverage of isolated quality of life offenses, or “conduct that demoralizes community residents and business people because it involves acts that c ..Read More
A New York City Police Union Just Hit a New Low in the War on Homeless People Posted on August 12, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Mic A staggering 116,000 people rotated in and out of its municipal shelter system in 2014, according to the Coalition for the Homeless, while the city’s overall homeless population hit nearly 60,000 this summer — its highest since the Great Depression. ..Read More
New York Apps Are Battling Homelessness, One Tap at a Time Posted on August 12, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in New York Apps Are Battling Homelessness, One Tap at a Time Technology is now part of the ongoing conversation about how best to help the city’s homeless population, and New Yorkers are using apps to take the issue into their own hands. ..Read More
NY1 Online: Manhattan BP, CEO of Coalition for the Homeless Discuss Effect of Homelessness on City Posted on August 11, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in NY1 Grace Rauh discussed homelessness, and the effect on the city, with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Mary Brosnahan, president and CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless. ..Read More
De Blasio’s Homelessness Headache Posted on August 7, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in New York Magazine In 1989, Mayor David Dinkins belatedly sent cops and bulldozers into Tompkins Square Park to tear down a fetid homeless encampment. Bill de Blasio was a junior aide to Dinkins in those days; he’s mayor now, of course — and confronting his very own ho ..Read More
Mayor Devotes $22 Million a Year to Improve Mental Health, Public Safety Posted on August 7, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Crain's New York City announced Thursday that it plans to devote $22 million annually to a new program, NYC Safe, that will “weave together law enforcement and clinical treatment” to address the needs of mentally ill residents who are prone to violence. ..Read More
New York City Initiative Aims to Help Mentally Ill People Who Get Violent Posted on August 7, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The New York Times Mental health experts will fan out to New York City’s homeless shelters, into the streets and to other places to treat mentally ill people who exhibit violent behavior, as part of an initiative announced on Thursday by MayorBill de Blasio. ..Read More
