Working Homeless Would Be Forced To Save Money Under Controversial NYC Proposal Posted on September 24, 2019 by Nicole Edine 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 by Nicole Edine 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
Today’s Read: Cuomo’s Focus on Subway Homelessness Ignores Root Causes of Crisis He Helped Create Posted on September 16, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Governor Cuomo’s newfound obsession with the numbers of homeless New Yorkers sleeping on the subways is perplexing given that his administration has spent the better part of a decade failing to truly help homeless New Yorkers and, at times, exacerbating the ..Read More
Cuomo’s Focus On Subway Homelessness Ignores Root Causes Of Crisis He Helped Create, Advocates Say Posted on September 16, 2019 by Nicole Edine in Gothamist Appalled by the conditions on a subway system that he hasn’t ridden since 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo wrote a letter to the MTA in July, directing them to do something about the homeless people who seek refuge underground. “Society serves no ..Read More
Today’s Read: City’s Need for Beds Meets Opposition in Several Neighborhoods Posted on September 11, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone As New York continues to grapple with a severe and catastrophic shortage of affordable housing, the City has been struggling to comply with its legal obligation to provide shelter for the record number of homeless men, women, and children: Tonight, more than 6 ..Read More
Opinion: Listening to What NYC’s Homeless Students Have to Tell Us Posted on September 5, 2019 by Nicole Edine in CityLimits The first day of school is a day of promise and possibility for the more than 1.1 million students in our city schools. But the one out of ten students in New York City schools who are homeless face formidable obstacles the others won’t. Since these obstacle ..Read More
Activists Call on de Blasio to Provide More Housing for the Homeless Posted on August 23, 2019 by Nicole Edine in NY1 As the de Blasio administration looks to devote more resources to fight homelessness in the subway system, Grace Rauh discussed the crisis with two advocates: Nathylin Flowers of the group VOCAL-NY, who confronted Mayor de Blasio during his morning workout a ..Read More
She Confronted de Blasio at the YMCA on Homelessness. She’s Still Without a Home Herself. Posted on August 20, 2019 by Nicole Edine in NY1 It’s been nearly a year since she confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio about the homelessness crisis during his morning workout at the Park Slope YMCA. “I’m in the middle of doing my workout. Sorry, you can’t do this now,” the mayor ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Call on NYC to Build Thousands of Affordable Units Posted on August 20, 2019 by Nicole Edine in AM New York A coalition of advocates for the homeless gathered on the steps of City Hall Tuesday to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio commit to building thousands of new apartments to combat homelessness. Those in attendance held up signs comparing the populations of cities su ..Read More
