Council Member Salamanca Stands With Homeless Advocates and Introduces New Bill Demanding More Housing for the Homeless Posted on October 31, 2018 in Press Release NEW YORK – At today’s City Council Stated Meeting, Council Member Salamanca will introduce a new bill that would require developers who receive city financial assistance for rental housing development projects to set aside no less than 15% of created or pr ..Read More
Today’s Read: More Housing for the Homeless Posted on October 30, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone With the number of men, women, and children sleeping in NYC shelters continuing to hover at record highs, City Council Members are joining to call for more permanent housing for homeless New Yorkers. Last week, hundreds of people marched to Gracie Mansion with ..Read More
More Housing for the Homeless? Council to Weigh a Question the Mayor Ignored at His Gym Posted on October 30, 2018 by Jeff C. Mays in The New York Times Three weeks ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio had his workout interrupted by a homeless woman who posed a question that the mayor chose not to answer: Why won’t the city set aside more apartments for the homeless? Mr. de Blasio walked away. “I’m not doing this ..Read More
Advocates for Homeless March on Gracie Mansion Posted on October 25, 2018 by Brendan Krisel in Patch Three weeks after confronting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the gym, a coalition of advocates for the city’s homeless took their fight to his home. Hundreds of homeless New Yorkers and advocates for the homeless marched through the Upper East Sid ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Rally Mayor de Blasio for More Housing Posted on October 24, 2018 by Kayla Simas in AM New York More than 100 New Yorkers marched the streets of the Upper East Side on Wednesday, chanting, “Housing is a human right. Fight! Fight! Fight!” The march to Gracie Mansion, which was lead by activist Nathylin Flowers Adesegun of VOCAL-NY, was a call to dema ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless March on Gracie Mansion, Demand Tens of Thousands of Affordable Housing Units Be Built Posted on October 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Wednesday, more than 300 New Yorkers – many of whom are currently experiencing homelessness – marched to Gracie Mansion to demand that Mayor de Blasio tackle record homelessness by creating more truly affordable permanent housing. The march was the late ..Read More
Homeless March On Gracie Mansion, Demand Tens Of Thousands Of Affordable Housing Units Be Built Posted on October 24, 2018 by Marcia Kramer in CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hundreds of homeless New Yorkers marched on Gracie Mansion on Wednesday to pressure Mayor Bill de Blasio to build more permanent housing for those who can least afford it. With winter approaching and the number of homeless still at n ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Concerned About MTA’s New Approach to Cleaning Up City’s Subways Posted on October 23, 2018 by Hazel Sanchez in CBS New York Transit Chief Andy Byford has vowed to clean up New York City’s beleaguered subway system, and that means finding a way to deal with the homeless too. But some advocates are concerned about what they call a zero-tolerance approach as the weather gets colder. ..Read More
Today’s Read: What Homeless New Yorkers Should Demand From the Mayor’s Housing Plan Posted on October 19, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Record homelessness demands bold action. The House Our Future NY campaign, led by the Coalition for the Homeless and 58 partner organizations, is urging Mayor de Blasio to dedicate at least 10 percent of his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan to homel ..Read More
