Paulette Posted on May 4, 2022 Watch First Step graduate Paulette share her story of the emotional devastation of going in and out of shelters with her husband and her three daughters, and the tragedies she endured. She found First Step through her housing counselor and she was hesitant at ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Unsheltered Homelessness in NYC Posted on May 4, 2022 by Zoë Johnson On May 3, 2022, the Coalition for the Homeless submitted joint testimony with The Legal Aid Society to the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding unsheltered homelessness in New York City. Over the past few months, Mayor Adams’ poli ..Read More
City Hall: 39 people placed in shelter after hundreds of encampment sweeps Posted on May 3, 2022 by Gwynne Hogan in Gothamist Thirty-nine unsheltered New Yorkers came indoors through Mayor Eric Adams’ ongoing push to sweep the city of encampments — after 733 site visits by city workers and 710 encampment sweeps — according to data provided by his office Tuesday. ..Read More
Eric Adams’ Revised Housing Budget ‘Just Not Enough,’ Despite Boost for Shelter Beds Posted on May 2, 2022 by Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits Mayor Eric Adams’ revised budget proposal released last week includes an additional $5 billion in capital funding for affordable housing production, and what his administration calls an “unprecedented” investment in shelter beds and services for street h ..Read More
A tale of two siblings: Brooklyn woman sees hope, homeless brother sees despair, in Adams’ effort to end homelessness Posted on May 1, 2022 by Wes Parnell in amNY When Shakeba Jones, 48, heard Mayor Eric Adams was attacking homelessness on trains, her mind traveled to her daughter and older brother. One rides the trains to get to school, the other for housing. ..Read More
