Month: February 2016

For two years and three months, the only fresh air Steve Mancuso managed to breathe came from an open window in his small, second-floor walk-up in Queens. Mancuso had a bad fall on a wet bathroom floor. He developed an infection and 16 months later, in May 201 ..Read More

The state of New York is failing to address a growing hunger crisis affecting seniors, veterans and children around the state, according to the managers of food banks and pantries that gathered Wednesday at the Capitol in Albany. The group is asking lawmakers ..Read More

Many city dwellers do their best not to see the homeless people who share their streets and pavements. Donald Trump once famously insisted that his security guards clear all tramps and panhandlers from the pavement in front of Trump Tower. Even when the homele ..Read More

Carmen Vega-Rivera jokes that she’s spent so much time in Bronx Housing Court that she sometimes checks to see if her portrait has been put up on the walls. After an accident coupled with health issues rendered her physically disabled, the long-time Grand Co ..Read More

The first time the sociologist Matthew Desmond rode along during an eviction, he was shocked by the suddenness of “seeing your house turn into not your house in seconds.” “You see the mover reach past someone to turn on the lights without asking, then op ..Read More

When Hector Reyes moved into his new apartment in December, it marked an end to a string of misfortunes for the disabled veteran, including a period in New York City’s homeless shelters. The 24-year-old’s improved circumstances represent a step toward the ..Read More

Nearly 400 homeless people have come in off the streets since bitterly cold temperatures set in Saturday, Mayor de Blasio said. There have been no known deaths related to the cold. City teams brought 105 people to homeless shelters, all but one of them volunta ..Read More

On the February 13, 2016 edition of The New York Times Close Up, hosted by Clyde Haberman, Times Critic at Large Wesley Morris describes Divisive and Diverse, though not at the same time: one is for the cover story in this Sunday’s Arts and Leisure secti ..Read More

Following his issuance of a Code Blue warning on Friday, and in an apparent effort to walk the walk, Mayor de Blasio took to the subway over the weekend and urged at least two homeless men to go to a shelter. “You deserve better than sleeping in a subway ..Read More