De Blasio and Cuomo Are Failures on Homelessness, Report Says Posted on April 30, 2019 by Michael Gartland in New York Daily News Homelessness in New York City is projected to increase by 5,000 people in 2022 — 7,500 more than Mayor de Blasio predicted when he outlined his plan to tackle the problem in 2017, a new report from the Coalition for the Homeless revealed. The report — the ..Read More
Eve Ensler Delivers Keynote at the 2019 Women Mean Business Luncheon Posted on April 24, 2019 Writer, playwright and activist Eve Ensler delivers the Keynote address at the 25th Anniversary Women Mean Business Luncheon benefiting the First Step Job Training Program for homeless and low-income women on April 12, 2019 at The Plaza Hotel in NYC. ..Read More
Today’s Read: Most Brooklynites Support Shelters in Their Neighborhoods Posted on April 24, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Tonight, 63,615 men, women, and children will sleep in New York City shelters, and thousands more will bed down on the streets. A new survey conducted by Win and HarrisX indicates that New Yorkers recognize the severity of this crisis and agree that we must do ..Read More
Friends and Supporters of First Step Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Women Mean Business Luncheon Posted on April 19, 2019 On Friday, April 12th, nearly 450 business and community leaders joined First Step graduates, staff, and supporters past and present to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women Mean Business Luncheon. This year’s special celebration raised nearly $450,000 ..Read More
Marisol Posted on April 19, 2019 Marisol, Class 46, shares her First Step story at the 25th Anniversary Women Mean Business Luncheon on April 12, 2019 at The Plaza Hotel ..Read More
NYC Politicians Push Mayor De Blasio for Homeless Child Funding Posted on April 18, 2019 by Ben Chapman in New York Daily News One in ten students enrolled in city schools are homeless — but Mayor de Blasio won’t pay for social workers who’d make a huge difference those needy kids’ lives, local politicians charge. De Blasio has yanked $13.9 million in the city’s upcoming bud ..Read More
‘We’re Just Trying To Live’: UWS Homeless Shelter Resident Speaks Out Against NIMBY Backlash Posted on April 15, 2019 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist T. Campbell was walking home on the Upper West Side earlier this year when she encountered two reporters for the New York Post. They wanted to know what her living conditions were like. Campbell, along with her wife, had recently moved into a new homeless shel ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio May Require More Homeless Housing Posted on April 16, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone More than a year ago, Coalition for the Homeless launched a campaign to call on Mayor de Blasio to increase the number of apartments set aside for homeless New Yorkers in his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan to 30,000, with 24,000 of these units to be cr ..Read More
De Blasio May Require More Homeless Housing Posted on April 15, 2019 by Janaki Chadha in PoliticoPro Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration is looking to require more apartments for the homeless through city-financed housing deals as it bats away a City Council proposal that would legislate a similar requirement. As part of a broader overhaul, the city i ..Read More
