City Will Guarantee Legal Aid to Low-Income New Yorkers Facing Eviction Posted on February 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Metro Funding just doubled for the city’s well-supported “right to counsel” initiative, turning the free legal aid pilot program into a full-fledged city service, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Councilmembers announced Sunday. Low-income tenants who earn up to ..Read More
Today’s Read: City Will Guarantee Legal Aid to Low-Income New Yorkers Facing Eviction Posted on February 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone On Sunday, Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito endorsed universal access to free legal services for low-income tenants in housing court – and thereby put New York City one step closer to rectifying the inequity that has pushed far ..Read More
A Golden Ticket for New York City’s Homeless? Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Brooklyn Magazine Cecilia Grant is not used to this. Ten years ago, when issues arose in her family, she made plans to relocate to Florida. Today, she considers that relocation one of the biggest mistakes of her life. When she returned to New York in the winter of 2013, rising ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on New York State 2017-2018 Budget Posted on February 8, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Shelly Nortz, the Coalition’s Deputy Executive Director for Policy, presented testimony before the New York State Assembly and Senate today on Gov. Cuomo’s 2017-2018 proposed budget and the impact it could have on homeless New Yorkers. She summarized the c ..Read More
Today’s Read: The Long View on New York’s Homeless Problem Posted on February 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone In order to turn the tide of homelessness and reduce the record shelter census, we need a coordinated, comprehensive effort from both the social services and housing departments of government. Kim Hopper, a Columbia University professor and one of the Coalitio ..Read More
The Long View on New York’s Homeless Problem Posted on February 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits Nearly four decades ago, Ellen Baxter and I set out to document the predicament of New York’s street-dwelling poor. Released in 1981, Private Lives / Public Spaces confirmed what was already open secret: the city’s emergency shelter system was failing badl ..Read More
Bronx Family Struggles Through Grueling Journey in City’s Convoluted Shelter System Posted on February 2, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 It’s cold and dark, and this family is looking for a placement in a homeless shelter in the middle of winter. It’s a convoluted, bureaucratic and sometimes punishing process that starts at an intake center in the Bronx, where families often sit for ..Read More
Bills Passed to Help Tenants of New York ‘Three-Quarter Homes’ Posted on February 1, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Corey Bates lost his apartment when the rent was increased. His work hours were cut. So in January 2015, he jumped when a nonprofit agency referred him to a program called Back on Track that promised him temporary housing and a permanent home in six months. Th ..Read More
Supportive Housing Advocates Release Groundhog Day-Themed Video Posted on February 2, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in State of Politics Advocates pushing for $2 billion in supportive housing funding feel like they’re in the movie Groundhog Day: The same promise keeps getting proposed, but nothing changes. The coalition of groups pushing for the funding on Thursday, the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housi ..Read More
