Month: April 2016

Every few years, it becomes more and more expensive to ride the New York City subway. Last year*, the cost of a single ride increased by 10 percent, from $2.50 to $2.75. For many New Yorkers, this fare hike is a small price to pay for more reliable service and ..Read More

Homeless advocacy groups have generally praised the policy recommendations Mayor de Blasio announced Monday after his administration’s 90-day review of existing programs. But they do have a few suggestions of how the plan could be even better. Advocates ..Read More

Braced against the wind whistling down her Brooklyn street in between chilly April showers, Tatiana Williams looked up at the concrete housing block ahead and wondered how much longer she would be able to carry on living there. “They are developing so much a ..Read More

Mary Brosnahan recalls a trip she took to Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the height of The Troubles: she was 16, raised in a Detroit suburb, but here she saw soldiers deployed with rifles right in the city center. The trip politicized the young Brosnahan, e ..Read More

After completing a 90-day review, the Mayor is rolling out a plan to improve services for homeless people. But some advocates say there are extra steps they’d like to see him take. NY1’s Lori Chung has details. “We know that we can keep peopl ..Read More

An operator of flophouses catering to addicts, who was the subject of an investigation last year by The New York Times, was arrested on Wednesday on money laundering and Medicaid fraud charges. Investigators from the New York State attorney general’s office ..Read More

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an overhaul of New York City’s services for the homeless on Monday, the result of a 90-day review that he promised when the homelessness crisis reached a crescendo late last year. He is essentially folding the Department of Hom ..Read More

New York City is taking on the issue of homelessness with a new approach that aims to not only find permanent homes for those living in shelters, but also prevent New Yorkers from losing their homes in the first place. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday tha ..Read More

The city’s leading advocacy group for the homeless says in its annual report that the state and the city need to do more to help homeless adults living in the city’s shelters and on the streets. “I have yet to meet a homeless person on the street who wou ..Read More