Today’s Read: Governor and State Lawmakers Urged to Quickly Move $2B Into Affordable Housing Programs Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone With near-record numbers of New Yorkers bedding down in homeless shelters and thousands more sleeping on the streets, it is imperative that lawmakers act quickly to bring new units of lifesaving supportive housing online as soon as possible. Supportive housing ..Read More
Self-Taught Moms Posted on May 6, 2016 by Heather Dockray in Mashable Walk into Shakora Wood’s apartment and you’ll notice something strange: light. Light may not be an abnormality in most of the country, but here in Brooklyn, light is a rare gem, a distant real estate dream. It covers everything in Shakora’s a ..Read More
New York State Lawmakers Urged to Quickly Move $2B Into Affordable Housing Programs Posted on May 5, 2016 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News A group of housing advocates are pressing state leaders to quickly release nearly $2 billion in affordable housing funding that was agreed to in the new state budget. The group that includes the New York State Association For Affordable Housing and AARP, sent ..Read More
Nursing Homes Turn to Eviction to Drop Difficult Patients Posted on May 5, 2016 by AP in Associated Press Nursing homes are increasingly evicting their most challenging residents, advocates for the aged and disabled say, testing protections for some of society’s most vulnerable. Those targeted for eviction are frequently poor and suffering from dementia, acc ..Read More
Council Members Ask de Blasio to Increase Emergency Food Funding Posted on May 6, 2016 by Gloria Pazmino in Politico New York City Council members are asking Mayor Bill de Blasio to increase funding for the city’s Emergency Food Assistance program, which they say is under threat due to a reduction of funding in the mayor’s executive budget. Councilman Stephen Levin, who is leadin ..Read More
How You Can Help Feed Homeless New Yorkers Posted on May 5, 2016 Every night in New York City, nearly a thousand men, women and children wait patiently on street corners for the welcome sight of one of the Grand Central Food Program’s three vans. Seven days a week, 365 days a year, our vans drive all over Manhattan and th ..Read More
Give Low-Income Tenants a Fair Chance in Housing Court Posted on May 2, 2016 by Ruben Diaz Jr. in New York Slant There is an undeniable homelessness crisis in this city, one that underscores the importance of increased representation of low-income tenants in eviction proceedings. Anyone doubting the relationship between homelessness and the evictions and possessions of t ..Read More
Studying How Poverty Keeps Hurting Young Minds, and What to Do About It Posted on May 3, 2016 by Jim Dwyer in The New York Times The human brain begins as a neural tube that develops five weeks after conception. Years later, it is fully formed. On Tuesday, experts in neuroscience, genetics and social work met in Manhattan to talk about what can happen to it along the way, and what emerg ..Read More
Thank You for Making This Year’s Women Mean Business Luncheon Such A Success! Posted on May 3, 2016 On April 12th, nearly 400 business leaders and other professionals joined us for the 22nd Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon, raising $200,000 for the Coalition’s First Step Job Training Program for homeless and low-income women. WNYW Fox5NY Reporter Lis ..Read More
