City Says Homeless Numbers Are Down; Some Homeless Advocates Disagree, Saying Survey Methodology is Flawed Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal An annual survey found fewer people living on New York City streets this year than last, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday, though some homeless advocates dismissed the claim. The count found 2,794 people living on the streets as of Feb. 8, down 12% from a y ..Read More
Ashley Graham at the 2016 Women Mean Business Luncheon Posted on April 28, 2016 by Nicole Edine Model, Designer and Body Image Activist Ashley Graham delivers the Keynote Speach at the 22nd annual Women Mean Business Luncheon benefiting the First Step Job Training Program for homeless and low-income women on April 12, 2016 at the Pierre Hotel in NYC. ..Read More
De Blasio to Commit $30M to Address Growing Homeless Student Population Posted on April 26, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce steps to tackle the city’s large and growing homeless student population on Tuesday, with a $30 million commitment to build health centers in schools with large numbers of homeless students and to provide new supports t ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on the Department of Homeless Services’ 90-Day Review Posted on April 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone On Thursday, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare about the results of the City’s comprehensive 90-day review of homeless services. Two weeks ago, the de Bl ..Read More
‘This is Beautiful’: After 16 Months in a Shelter, New York Family Finds a Home Posted on April 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Guardian In late December, three days after Christmas, Shakira Crawford left her three children with her neighbor at a homeless shelter in East New York and rushed into the night to look at an apartment. “I’m excited,” she said, exuding her usual cheerfulness, de ..Read More
The State of New York City Rent Affordability in 2016 Posted on April 21, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in StreetEasy New data provides quantitative evidence of the widening gap between what New York City households can afford and what they are likely to find in the city’s increasingly expensive and competitive private rental marketplace. According to StreetEasy’s annual ..Read More
Council Members, Banks Discuss 90-Day Review’s Impact on Nonprofits Posted on April 22, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in City & State Amid the largest restructuring of city homeless services in decades, members of the city council’s Committee on General Welfare pressed Steven Banks, commissioner of the newly minted Department of Social Services, on the impact that his agency’s sweeping r ..Read More
Dow Jones Receives the 2016 WMBL Corporate Sponsorship Award Posted on April 21, 2016 by Nicole Edine First Step Graduate Nicole Clark presents the 2016 Corporate Partnership Award to Dow Jones at the 22nd Annual Woman Mean Business Luncheon on April 12, 2016 at the Pierre Hotel in NYC. Dale Dreps receives the award on behalf of Dow Jones. ..Read More
Right to Counsel in Housing Court: The Bottom Line Posted on April 18, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post A new report, which finds that New York City would save hundreds of millions of dollars a year by providing a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction, has added new urgency and optimism to a campaign to pass a bill that would establish such a right. The b ..Read More
