Advocates for Homeless Camp out at City Hall Posted on September 26, 2019 by Jay Dow in Pix11 News A modest gathering inside City Hall Park Thursday evening aimed at raising awareness to New York City’s ongoing homeless crisis and the desperate need for more affordable housing. This was organized with a single goal: to get the attention of Mayor Bill de B ..Read More
Fed Up With De Blasio, Homeless Advocates Revive Sleep-Out Protest At City Hall Park Posted on September 27, 2019 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist In the summer of 1988, Chris Henry, a homeless man, was riding the city subways when he noticed a flier advertising an annual “sleep out” protest to call attention to homelessness at City Hall Park. Henry decided he had nothing better to do so he h ..Read More
Disappointed in De Blasio, Homeless Advocates Host ‘Sleep Out’ at City Hall Posted on September 26, 2019 by Tyler Blint-Welsh in The Wall Street Journal When Mayor Bill de Blasio was elected mayor in 2013, advocates for the homeless saw him as a leader who could bring meaningful change to New York City’s affordable-housing crisis. They were so convinced of his commitment to the issue that they stopped their ..Read More
We the Commuters: Homelessness in the Subways Posted on September 24, 2019 by Shumita Basu in WNYC We the Commuters goes live-in-studio with a look at homelessness in the subways, hosted by Shumita Basu along with her fellow WNYC and Gothamist reporters. The number of people sleeping on the trains is up as commuters confront “compassion fat ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates to Protest de Blasio Administration as Homeless Housing Bill Remains in Flux Posted on September 26, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone When Bill de Blasio ran on a campaign to “end the tale of two cities” in the 2013 mayoral race, many New Yorkers were hopeful that he would take bold action to tackle the homelessness crisis. Faith leaders, who had organized an annual sleep-out at City Hal ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless Savings Plan is ‘Paternalistic,’ New York Pols and Advocates Say Posted on September 26, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone The citywide lack of affordable housing has resulted in an unrelenting homelessness crisis, with more than 61,000 New Yorkers sleeping in shelters each night. Many homeless New Yorkers are employed but still cannot afford rents in the city – in fact, a rente ..Read More
Homeless Savings Plan is ‘Paternalistic,’ New York Pols and Advocates Say Posted on September 24, 2019 by Shant Shahrigian in New York Daily News The city shouldn’t force homeless New Yorkers to put big chunks of their scant income into government-controlled accounts to avoid being kicked out of shelters, say a pair of pols along with homeless advocates. The city Homeless Services Department is holdin ..Read More
Working Homeless Would Be Forced To Save Money Under Controversial NYC Proposal Posted on September 24, 2019 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist Homeless advocates and elected officials on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the city’s plan to require working homeless New Yorkers to set aside 30 percent of their paychecks into a government-controlled savings account. The proposal by the Department of ..Read More
Thank You to Everyone Who Participated in This Year’s Project: Back to School! Posted on September 23, 2019 We want to take a moment to thank all of the individuals, companies, schools, community organizations and volunteers who helped make this year’s Project: Back to School a success! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Coalition for the H ..Read More
