Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue Posted on April 30, 2020 by Julianne Cuba in StreetsBlog NYC Homeless people seeking shelter in the subway system is neither a transit issue nor a policing issue — but city and state leaders are now battling over different ways to move people along or criminalize them without addressing the central issue, transit and ..Read More
Yadira Posted on April 30, 2020 Watch the story of Yadira, whose journey out of depression and isolation into a happy and successful life with a new career in the technology field was made possible by the Coalition’s First Step Program. Please consider making a gift to support this life-ch ..Read More
NYC hotels ‘lining up’ to take homeless during coronavirus crisis: advocate Posted on April 30, 2020 by Michael Gartland in Daily News New York City’s hoteliers — faced with empty rooms and looming tax bills — are ready and willing to help house the homeless during the coronavirus crisis, an industry spokesman told the Daily News. The city’s not yet ready to expand its current hotel p ..Read More
Which Part of Homelessness on the Subway Does Andrew Cuomo Find “Disgusting”? Posted on April 30, 2020 by Julia Craven in Slate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began his April 28 press conference stressing that, in order to expertly navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, people needed to distance themselves from their emotions. “Separate the emotion from the logic,” he said before a ..Read More
City’s homeless-hotel plan still has holes, advocates say Posted on April 29, 2020 by David Brand in Queens Daily Eagle A new city plan to move 1,000 homeless adults per week out of shelters and into hotel rooms still has some issues to address, say advocates who have monitored the first phase of the city’s gradual effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus inside its shelt ..Read More
Advocates call for Covid-19 testing in shelters, but capacity remains low Posted on April 29, 2020 by Joe Anuta in Politico Homeless advocates are calling on the city and state to proactively test New Yorkers in the shelter system for the coronavirus, but testing capacity in the five boroughs remains scant. The Coalition for the Homeless and several other organizations sent a lette ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Requiring Private Rooms for Homeless Single Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic Posted on April 24, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone On Thursday, April 23rd, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding Intro. 1927, which would require the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to provide all ..Read More
Today’s Read: Beneath the Sickened City Posted on April 22, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone For more than a month, Mayor de Blasio and other officials have urged New York City residents to stay home. But even before the rapid economic fallout from the pandemic, record numbers of New Yorkers were already without homes. In addition to the more than 62, ..Read More
Beneath the Sickened City Posted on April 22, 2020 by Maurice Tamman in Reuters NEW YORK – The lights still scream for attention, but on this night Times Square has the feel of an abandoned Hollywood film set. Gone are the hordes of tourists shooting selfies with Elmo and Wonder Woman. Instead, a lone SUV glides by and a passenger ..Read More
