Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will soon house NYC asylum seekers as numbers swell: Mayor Adams Posted on January 21, 2023 by Larry McShane in NY Daily News Mayor Adams announced plans Saturday for a fifth relief center to handle the city’s continuing influx of asylum seekers — the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on the borough waterfront. Read more… ..Read More
No room or rest for the weary: Senior and disabled homeless men in Murray Hill subjected to latest street sweep Posted on January 19, 2023 by Dean Moses in AM NY Four unhoused men braving the cold on 35th Street and 1st Avenue in Murray Hill had already begun packing their belongings by the time a contingent representing the NYPD, Sanitation Department, and Department of Social Services arrived Wednesday morning to get ..Read More
Opinion: HUD Secretary on how to make fair housing a reality Posted on January 19, 2023 by Marcia L. Fudge in CNN Martin Luther King Jr. did not live to see the Fair Housing Act become law, but its passage was a consequential part of his legacy. Read more… ..Read More
Another Successful Holiday Toy Drive! Posted on January 19, 2023 by Yerelyn Nuñez We are thrilled to announce that the Coalition’s 2022 Holiday Toy Drive was a great success. Thanks to you and your support we collected and distributed nearly 10,000 toys to children in New York City shelters! We were delighted to kick off the season ..Read More
City Council eyes expanding CityFHEPS housing benefit program to help vulnerable New Yorkers find permanent housing Posted on January 18, 2023 by Sarah Belle Lin in AM New York On Wednesday, the City Council held a hearing examining the CityFHEPS program, a local rental assistance program, and proposed legislation that to amend its eligibility requirements and provide greater assistance to people in danger of falling into homelessnes ..Read More
NYPD mulls new tactic to curb rampant homelessness Posted on January 18, 2023 by Craig McCarthy, Reuven Fenton and Kyle Schnitzer in NY Post More city homeless people would be threatened with costly summonses — and even jail — under a new NYPD proposal, The Post has learned. Read more… ..Read More
NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year? Posted on January 17, 2023 by Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits Thursday night, the same day Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a preliminary budget focused on “fiscal discipline” and two days after Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out her priorities for the year ahead in her State of the State speech, 70,525 people slept in a New York C ..Read More
Hochul, Adams have big housing plans; some question whether they can deliver Posted on January 16, 2023 by Arun Venugopal in Gothamist As someone who has struggled with housing for years, Arelis Figueroa is the kind of New Yorker who could stand to benefit from the ambitious housing proposals put forth in recent days by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams. Read more… ..Read More
‘We are at our breaking point’: NYC Mayor Adams pleads with state for migrant shelter Posted on January 13, 2023 by Jon Campbell in Gothamist New York City Mayor Eric Adams is asking the state to immediately open a shelter for 500 asylum-seekers, as the city continues to deal with an influx of migrants the mayor says is pushing it “to the brink.” Read more… ..Read More
