New York Milks the Homeless for Cash Posted on April 3, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Deutsche Welle On March 12, 2015, the City of New York’s Department of Investigation (DOI), released a report based on a yearlong investigation, which described “serious deficiencies” in homeless shelters. The report concluded that cluster shelters are R ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC Homeless Find Little Comfort in Shelter System Posted on April 1, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone It is truly a tragedy that many homeless families with small children have to bed down in filthy, cockroach-infested shelters. As if the findings in the recent NYC Department of Investigation report on the family shelter system weren’t infuriating enough, th ..Read More
NYC to Add Thousands of Donated Books to City Shelters Posted on March 31, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in New York Daily News City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor announced a pilot literacy program for homeless families at twenty shelters. ..Read More
More Than 60,000 Homeless in NYC and How You Can Help Posted on March 18, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Conscious Magazine According to the Coalition for the Homeless, as of November 2014, there were 60,352 homeless people in New York City. To be more detailed, there are 3,262 single homeless women and 9,064 single homeless men. Additionally, there are 25,630 homeless kids in fami ..Read More
Homelessness Isn’t a Crime, But When You’re Homeless, You’re Breaking the Law Posted on March 29, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The Epoch Times In NYC, anyone caught sleeping on sidewalks, can be charged with obstructing pedestrian traffic. ..Read More
Housing Homeless Youth Poses Challenge for Mayor de Blasio Posted on March 27, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The New York Times As the city wrestles with an overall homeless population of more than 60,000, young people pose a challenge not just in terms of providing shelter for them, but also in providing the right kind of shelter to lure them off the streets. ..Read More
Arnold Cohen: Nevermind shelter, gimme housing Posted on March 23, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in New York Daily News Temporary solutions cost more and don’t work. ..Read More
More Homeless Bedeviled by Trauma Than Mental Illness, Experts Say Posted on March 27, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Healthline Health problems can lead to homelessness — but life on the streets would make anyone sick. ..Read More
NYC Struggling With Apparent Homeless Encampments In Herald Square Transit Corridor Posted on March 30, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in CBS New York Homeless New Yorkers seek shelter in Herald Square Subway Tunnel. ..Read More
