Can Andrew Cuomo Really Deliver on His Housing Promises? Posted on March 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Lab With their state mired in a historic homeless crisis and budget negotiations underway in Albany, low-income New Yorkers and housing advocates are urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to back up various press releases, State of the State addresses and previous budget p ..Read More
Faith Leaders Call on NY to Help People Pay the Rent Posted on March 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Syracuse As clergy in every community, we know its very hard to offer pastoral care to people who near homelessness. It’s tough to console people whose high rent forces them to choose between eating, affording a reliable car, dealing with unaffordable child care ..Read More
Today’s Read: Can Andrew Cuomo Really Deliver on His Housing Promises? Posted on March 31, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With the deadline for the 2017-2018 State budget just hours away, tens of thousands of homeless New Yorkers will soon see whether Governor Cuomo keeps his promise by finally releasing desperately needed supportive housing funds. Although supportive housing is ..Read More
Bringing Health Care to the Streets, But For How Much Longer? Posted on March 28, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico There wasn’t much of a description to go on: A black woman in her 50s with one dread down to her waist. She was supposed to have a shopping cart that contained her belongings. She was likely somewhere around Harlem Hospital. Bonnie Coover, a family nurse pra ..Read More
Fighting Homelessness: A Different Approach Posted on March 24, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 As Mayor de Blasio pushes his plan for 90 new homeless shelters, Errol Louis spoke with Queens Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi about a different plan to fight the crisis. ..Read More
Today’s Read: 95 Faith Leaders Join Push for Passage of State Rent Subsidy Proposal Posted on March 24, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone In our annual State of the Homeless report released this week, the Coalition cited Home Stability Support as a critical tool to reduce record homelessness. The proposal from Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi would bridge the difference between the insufficient shel ..Read More
New York Has Record Numbers of Homeless People Posted on March 23, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Economist Since 1979, when a homeless veteran of the Korean war successfully sued the city for failing to provide him with shelter, the city has had a legal duty to house those unable to afford a home. (New York’s state constitution says that “the aid, care and supp ..Read More
95 Faith Leaders Join Push for Passage of State Rent Subsidy Proposal Posted on March 24, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette As New York City battles a homelessness crisis, with 60,000 people in shelters, a statewide proposal to drastically reduce and prevent homelessness is gaining groundswell support. On Monday, dozens of faith leaders from across the state signed a letter to Gove ..Read More
Will Trump Make NYC Homelessness Worse? Posted on March 23, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Chronicle President Trump’s 2018 federal budget recommendations, released last Thursday, include deep cuts to programs geared toward aiding low-income, urban, elderly and storm-ravaged citizens, sparking fear and fury across the city about what they would mean for the ..Read More
