Two homeless New Yorkers struck and killed in subway tunnel Posted on April 30, 2022 by Arnold Davick in NY1 Vita Edwards can often be found at the 145th Street station along the 1 line. She is homeless. It’s the station where Friday morning, police arrived to find a man and woman dead in one of the tunnels after being struck by a southbound 1 train. Edwards told N ..Read More
Amid crackdown on homeless people in the subway and encampments, city to close shelter in Financial District Posted on April 25, 2022 by Chau Lam in Gothamist New York City plans to move homeless people out of a former hotel in the Financial District and end its “long-term use” of the property as a shelter, a spokesperson for the city agency that oversees homeless services confirmed to Gothamist. ..Read More
Concerns raised about NYC’s plan to close homeless shelter at Radisson Hotel in Manhattan Posted on April 25, 2022 by Ali Bauman in CBS2 News NEW YORK — Hundreds of homeless New Yorkers are trying to figure out where they will go next, as the city plans to shut down a Manhattan shelter. ..Read More
Today’s Read: Finding Shelter for New York City’s Homeless is a Bureaucratic Nightmare Posted on April 25, 2022 by Casey O'Hara Mayor Adams’ decision to remove unsheltered individuals from the subways and to dismantle encampments throughout the city has inflicted immeasurable trauma on our unsheltered neighbors. His strategy of pushing people out of the public’s view does not addre ..Read More
Adams Adds $171M for Homeless Services to Proposed City Budget Posted on April 25, 2022 by Mark Hallum in Commercial Observer Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday announced a plan to pump $171 million into the city’s shelter system that would create 1,400 new beds to address homelessness in New York City. ..Read More
Mayor: City to invest in ‘safe haven’ shelters, outreach for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness Posted on April 24, 2022 by Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky in Gothamist Mayor Eric Adams’s executive budget plan for the coming year will include $171 million in funding for alternatives to conventional homeless shelters, officials said Sunday. ..Read More
Finding shelter for New York City’s homeless is a bureaucratic nightmare Posted on April 18, 2022 by Caroline Spivack & Brian Pascus in Crain’s New York On a frigid Wednesday morning in March, Marg Curran scanned the streets of East Harlem through the windows of a Toyota Rav4. Curran and Alexandra Long, in the passenger seat, kept an eye out for tents, electric-blue tarps draped over discarded furniture, shopp ..Read More
At Bronx Welcome Center, NYC Tests New Approach to Shelter for Street Homeless Posted on April 15, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits The site opened to people moving off the streets and subways on March 28, amid significant backlash to ongoing homeless sweeps and calls by advocates and some elected officials for the city to use hotel rooms as low-barrier, private spaces for people bedding d ..Read More
The Women Mean Business Luncheon Returns After Two Years! Posted on April 14, 2022 After a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the Women Mean Business Luncheon came back with a splash on April 8th, 2022! Over 200 business and community leaders gathered at the Plaza Hotel alongside First Step graduates, staff, and supporters for our 26th ..Read More
