The 28th annual Women Mean Business Luncheon raised $500,000 for the First Step Job Training Program. Posted on April 24, 2024 by G. Worth Each Spring, the Coalition for the Homeless welcomes leading professionals from across New York City to the Women Mean Business Luncheon to be inspired and learn about our First Step Job Training Program and its amazing graduates. On Thursday, April 18, more t ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Lend Support in Suit Over City’s Refusal to Expand Housing Vouchers Posted on April 24, 2024 by Jeanmarie Evelly in City Limits News Seven local organizations sought permission to file an amicus brief in support of the City Council and Legal Aid Society’s lawsuit, which is looking to compel the Adams administration to implement a package of laws to expand eligibility for CityFHEPS, a rent ..Read More
Supreme Court to hear high-stakes case on homeless encampments Posted on April 22, 2024 by Terry Moran in Good Morning America Supreme Court justices will confront the issue over homeless encampments and the punitive steps cities like Grants Pass, Oregon, are increasingly taking to address them. ..Read More
I spent 24 hours on the New York subway. How scary is it really? Posted on April 20, 2024 by Louise Callahan in The Sunday Times ..Read More
Dorian’s Story | First Step Graduate 2024 Posted on April 18, 2024 Meet Dorian. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dorian moved to New York when she was 11 and that’s when life really began. After facing many tragic adversities including a violent ex-partner, homelessness and unemployment, Dorian found the Coalition for ..Read More
Migrants Reapplying for Shelter Still Face Waits, Lack of Beds Despite New Settlement Rules Posted on April 11, 2024 by Daniel Parra in City Limits News City Hall says it has not yet begun implementing assessments of the “extenuating circumstances” that could earn newly arrived immigrants an extended shelter stay—while some seeking another placement continue to sleep on the floor of a church now being us ..Read More
NYC misses key deadline in right-to-shelter migrants court case, lawyer says Posted on April 9, 2024 by Arya Sundaram in Gothamist The Adams administration missed a court deadline on Monday that requires the city to clear a waitlist for immigrants awaiting a shelter bed, according to an attorney in the lawsuit... ..Read More
Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules Posted on April 3, 2024 by Daniel Parra in City Limits As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices “to make alternate arrangement” to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are being offered to single migrants 23 and younger... ..Read More
The Callahan deal is not a victory Posted on March 22, 2024 by Dave Giffen and Adriene Holder in NY Daily News Last May, Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul initiated an attack on New York’s legal right to shelter for single adults based upon two faulty premises: first, that the city needed more flexibility in responding to the influx of thousands of... ..Read More
