Thank You for Making This Year’s Project: Back to School an Enormous Success! Posted on September 20, 2023 by Casey O'Hara We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the Coalition’s 16th annual Project: Back to School such a resounding success! This year, our goal was to fill 4,000 backpacks with all the essentials students need to start the school ye ..Read More
Fact Check on Homelessness and Mental Health Care Posted on February 23, 2022 by Shelly Nortz On February 18, 2022, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul announced a plan to remove people who shelter in the subway system. Since then, we’ve heard many false claims about homelessness and mental health care, including misinformation about Kendra’s L ..Read More
Today’s Read: Minimum Wage Workers Can’t Afford Rent Anywhere in America Posted on July 20, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Even before the economic upheaval of the pandemic, many Americans were either homeless or on the brink of homelessness due to the dire lack of affordable housing nationwide. The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual Out of Reach report, released las ..Read More
The Unhoused Don’t Want to “Go Back to Normal” Posted on July 19, 2021 by Mary Wilson, Davis Land, Danielle Hewitt, Elena Schwartz, and Carmel Delshad in Slate During the height of the pandemic, New York City put up some of its homeless population in the city’s empty hotels. Now, as the city comes back to life, the program is ending—but the city’s unhoused population doesn’t want to go “back to normal.̶ ..Read More
The Latest on the City’s Plans to Move Homeless New Yorkers Back to Shelters Posted on July 16, 2021 by Brian Lehrer in The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC The city was in the midst of moving homeless people from hotels and into shelters, where the conditions are crowded, and COVID is a bigger risk, when a judge blocked the city’s plan. Jacquelyn Simone, senior policy analyst for Coalition for the Homeles ..Read More
Today’s Read: Judge Halts Homeless Hotel Transfers Until City Accommodates Residents With Disabilities Posted on July 15, 2021 by Jacquelyn Simone Just as the dangerously contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus has become the dominant strain causing rapidly rising COVID-19 case rates, Mayor de Blasio has inexplicably rushed to move homeless single adults out of the hotels that have been used to ..Read More
N.Y.C.’s Plan to Move Homeless People From Hotels Is Blocked by a Judge Posted on July 13, 2021 by Andy Newman in The New York Times New York City’s plan to move 8,000 homeless people out of hotels and into barracks-style shelters was disrupted on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled that officials were not adequately considering the health of those being moved. The ruling blocks the city f ..Read More
Homeless in hotels can stay put for now, says federal judge who orders NYC to improve plan for moving them to shelters Posted on July 13, 2021 by Molly Crane-Newman in NY Daily News Homeless people moved to hotels during the COVID pandemic can stay put for a while longer while the city works out a better plan for returning them to shelters, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. “The public has an interest in ensuring that disabled, homeless pe ..Read More
Judge allows homeless residents to remain in hotels for now Posted on July 13, 2021 by Anna Lucente Sterling in NY1 Homeless New Yorkers residing in hotels will be allowed to remain for now, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling, handed down by Judge Gregory Howard Woods, mandates that the city must meet certain requirements before it can transfer residents back t ..Read More
