Month: January 2016

Few neighborhoods are more associated with gentrification than Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. The subject of a thousand trend pieces, its transformation has been carefully charted from its days as a depressed working-class enclave for longshoremen, truck drivers a ..Read More

The New York City Council will hear a package of bills Monday that would make summonses for low-level crimes civil – rather than criminal – offenses. This would give officers the option to charge a person civilly rather than criminally for things l ..Read More

Income inequality in the United States is higher today than before the Great Recession – and it continues to rise, according to researchers at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. The Bridgeport, Conn., area topped the list, fol ..Read More

On Wednesday night, about a dozen people were expected to begin a journey from homelessness to, they hope, a home. They have been offered refuge in a seasonal shelter program run by New York City’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Started years ago as a way ..Read More

While advocates and nonprofit leaders welcomed news on Tuesday that the New York City Human Resources Administration plans to make policy adjustments in regards to its services for homeless victims of domestic violence, many said much work remains to be done, ..Read More

The city is not doing enough to help the homeless, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. The poll found that 73 percent of voters felt the city was doing too little to help homeless people while 19 percent said the city was doing the right amount ..Read More

New York City will change procedures for counting and evaluating homeless domestic violence victims as part of a 90-day review ordered by Mayor Bill de Blasio last month. The changes, which followed inquiries by New York Nonprofit Media, mark a departure from ..Read More

New York officials agree, the state has a homeless problem. The reasons behind the state’s growing homeless population however, are constantly debated. But a report by the Empire Justice Center suggests part of the problem may have to do with the heating ..Read More

Teams of workers from New York City agencies fanned out across the five boroughs Monday night and Tuesday night to protect the homeless from the bitterly cold temperatures. 103 homeless people were taken off the streets overnight during city outreach efforts. ..Read More