Mayor de Blasio Scrambles to Curb Homelessness After Years of Not Keeping Pace Posted on January 13, 2017 by J. David Goodman and Nikita Stewart in The New York Times During Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first year in office, the Department of Homeless Services created 16 new shelters across New York City to house more than a thousand families and hundreds of single adults. Then, for eight months, the city stopped opening shelte ..Read More
Gleaming New Airports Won’t Help Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 11, 2017 by Bob Hennelly in New York Slant It was a stark contrast at the Midtown Hilton last week: Inside the grand ballroom New York’s business and political elites were convened at an Association for a Better New York lunch listening to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He was pitching his $100 billion infrastru ..Read More
NYC Moves Homeless Out of Shelters at Peak Rate Under de Blasio, But Newcomers Keep Figures at Record High: Report Posted on January 11, 2017 by Jennifer Fermino in New York Daily News The city is getting the homeless out of shelters and into long-term housing at far greater rates under Mayor de Blasio — but so many people are coming into the system that its numbers are still at record highs, according to a new report. The good-news-bad-ne ..Read More
Today’s Read: Cuomo’s Big Speech is Short on Housing Posted on January 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone It’s been one year since Governor Cuomo’s 2016 State of the State address, in which he announced a historic commitment to create 20,000 units of lifesaving supportive housing over 15 years. This anniversary is grim reminder for the tens of thousands of hom ..Read More
How to Help Homeless New Yorkers During Cold Weather Posted on January 10, 2017 Each winter, thousands of homeless New Yorkers struggle to survive on the streets, while high winds, frigid temperatures, snow, and freezing rain can put them at risk of life-threatening illnesses like hypothermia and frostbite. The City declares a Code Blue w ..Read More
Cuomo’s Big Speech is Short on Housing Posted on January 9, 2017 by Joe Anuta in Crain's New York Business Gov. Andrew Cuomo made scant reference to affordable housing Monday in his first of six State of the State speeches, as the $2 billion he promised as part of last year’s address remains mired in Albany gridlock. In last year’s edition of the speech ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Approves of Pol’s Plan to Address NYC’s Homeless Crisis Posted on January 9, 2017 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio has given a qualified thumbs up to a plan to address the homeless crisis that is gaining bipartisan support in the state Legislature. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) has been pushing the Home Stability Support program that is intended to r ..Read More
Today’s Read: Plan to Address Homeless Crisis Gains Bipartisan Support Posted on January 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Tens of thousands of New Yorkers across the state are entering the new year homeless, and countless others are on the brink of losing their homes. The record scale of the crisis demands bold solutions, such as Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi’s Home Stability Su ..Read More
Queens Assemblyman’s Plan to Address Homeless Crisis Gains Bipartisan Support Posted on January 6, 2017 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News A Queens state assemblyman’s plan to address the homeless crisis is gaining bipartisan steam in both houses of the Legislature. Andrew Hevesi has been pushing a plan, first reported by the Daily News in September, that he calls the Home Stability Support ..Read More
