Signs of the Homeless Posted on April 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in British Journal of Photography John Conn spent a summer photographing the men and women living on the streets of the Bronx, New York. Each had a sign, and a very personal story. Thomas Cox reports. “We all see the homeless – more or less – although we often do our best to look elsewhe ..Read More
NYC Spent $241M Over 5 Years to House Homeless Families in Shelters Filled With Rats, Lead Paint and Other Violations Posted on April 26, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News In the past five years, the city has spent $241 million housing homeless families in hellholes rife with a catalog of code violations from vermin to lead paint, a Daily News investigation has found. The money flowed to the operators of 24 fleabag hotels and ru ..Read More
Today’s Read: Pushing the Mayor to Do More for the Homeless Posted on April 24, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Faced with a historic homelessness crisis, the City must make full use of every available tool to help the 60,000 men, women and children who are languishing in shelters – and to prevent more people from facing the trauma of homelessness. The New York City C ..Read More
New York’s Child Poverty Rate is Slipping, But Challenges Still Loom for City Kids Posted on April 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork The well-being of New York City’s children is improving, though the five borough’s 1.8 million kids still confront profound racial, geographic and economic disparities, according to a report. “For the first time since the recession took hold ..Read More
Can New York City Actually End Veteran Homelessness This Year? Posted on April 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Huffington Post New York City is on track to reach its goal of ending veteran homelessness by the end of 2015, according to numbers from Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office, a potentially remarkable achievement for a city with one of the largest homeless populations in the co ..Read More
The Homeless Man Who Works in the Senate Posted on April 22, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post In the basement of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, 63-year-old Charles Gladden works alongside some of the nation’s most powerful people. For eight years, he has greeted senators, staffers and lobbyists in the hallways and the cafeteria, at exclusive ban ..Read More
NYC Council Pushes Mayor to do More for the Homeless Posted on April 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press With New York City’s homelessness population reaching an all-time high, the City Council has urged Mayor Bill de Blasio to increase funding to programs aimed at keeping families off the city’s streets. ..Read More
Today’s Video: Record 42,000 Kids Slept in NYC Homeless Shelters Last Year Posted on April 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone When most people think about homelessness, they often picture men and women panhandling on street corners or sleeping on subway benches. The heartbreaking reality is that those we see struggling on the streets represent only a small portion of tens of thousand ..Read More
Can New York City End Homelessness by 2020? Posted on April 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Chronicle-Independent The biggest city in America is known for bright lights and big money, but it’s also known for a problem that takes a little sheen off the Big Apple — homelessness. With 60,000 living in shelters, including 25,000 children, New York has reached its high ..Read More
