Rancid, Expired Food Sickening People Across New York City’s Homeless Shelters Posted on October 31, 2019 by Marcia Kramer in CBS 2 New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered an investigation after residents of a Brooklyn homeless shelter got sick from eating rancid expired chicken, but that’s not the only shelter where residents are being served inedible meals. Whee ..Read More
Today’s Read: Council Members Renew Push for More Homeless Housing Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone In January 2018, Coalition for the Homeless launched a new campaign, House Our Future NY, designed to persuade Mayor de Blasio to align his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan with the reality of record homelessness through the construction of 24,000 ne ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York City Had 114,000 Homeless Students Last Year Posted on October 30, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone One of every 10 New York City public school students was homeless during the 2018-2019 school year. New data released by Advocates for Children of New York show that 114,085 NYC students lived in shelters or doubled-up with family or friends, a number virtua ..Read More
One In 10 NYC Students Still Homeless As Crisis Persists Posted on October 28, 2019 by Noah Manskar in New York City Patch NEW YORK — The last school year was the fourth straight in which New York City’s public schools taught more than 100,000 homeless students, according to new data that shows a continuing crisis in the five boroughs. About one in 10, or 114,085, of the c ..Read More
De Blasio Again Brushes Aside Calls for Change to Homeless Housing Approach Posted on October 24, 2019 by Erin Durkin in PoliticoPro New York Mayor Bill de Blasio brushed aside calls for more affordable housing to tackle homelessness Thursday, saying offering people on the street a place to live would not solve the problem. Activists have been pressing for a plan that would set aside more subsidized ..Read More
Sponsor Spotlight October 2019: AIG Posted on October 24, 2019 The Coalition for the Homeless is proud to recognize AIG as our October 2019 featured sponsor. For the past seven years, AIG and its employees have dedicated their time, talents and financial resources to helping the Coalition serve homeless men, women in chil ..Read More
Today’s Read: Domestic Violence Fueling NYC Homelessness Crisis Posted on October 22, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Every day, countless New Yorkers experience domestic violence, and many survivors struggle to find stability after they leave an abusive relationship. In recent years, domestic violence has surpassed eviction as th ..Read More
Four Deaths, Four Mysteries: Why Were They on the Street? Posted on October 9, 2019 by Ashley Southall, Nikita Stewart and Sharon Otterman in The New York Times After four days, the police were still struggling to identify one of the four homeless men who were brutally killed in Chinatown on Saturday, and questions abounded about how the others ended up sleeping on the streets where they lost their lives. Investigator ..Read More
Guarantee Every New Yorker a Home Posted on October 9, 2019 by Yuh-Line Niou and Felix Guzman in New York Daily News The two of us — one, a formerly homeless, formerly incarcerated New Yorker and the other, the state assemblywoman for the district where the terrible crime took place — began the week at a vigil in Kimlau Square to mourn the loss of four community members ..Read More
