Homeless in NYC: Scared of shelters during COVID-19 crisis Posted on May 4, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Associate Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three hours before mealtime, a line begins to form on the sidewalk outside St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, facing Park Avenue in one of New York City’s poshest neighborhoods. By 5:30 p.m., when plastic bags of carry-away suppers are u ..Read More
Fears overnight closure of New York subway will push homeless ‘into the shadows’ Posted on May 4, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Reuters NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Plans to close New York City’s subways at night to disinfect trains during the coronavirus pandemic risk pushing hundreds of homeless people “further into the shadows”, housing experts warned, calling for saf ..Read More
Subway closure ‘outright disaster’ for the homeless who have few safe shelter options, advocates say Posted on May 2, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Subway closure 'outright disaster' for the homeless who have few safe shelter options, advocates say ..Read More
Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in StreetsBlog NYC Homeless people seeking shelter in the subway system is neither a transit issue nor a policing issue — but city and state leaders are now battling over different ways to move people along or criminalize them without addressing the central issue, transit and ..Read More
Yadira Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sarah Murphy Watch the story of Yadira, whose journey out of depression and isolation into a happy and successful life with a new career in the technology field was made possible by the Coalition’s First Step Program. Please consider making a gift to support this life-ch ..Read More
NYC hotels ‘lining up’ to take homeless during coronavirus crisis: advocate Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Daily News New York City’s hoteliers — faced with empty rooms and looming tax bills — are ready and willing to help house the homeless during the coronavirus crisis, an industry spokesman told the Daily News. The city’s not yet ready to expand its current hotel p ..Read More
Which Part of Homelessness on the Subway Does Andrew Cuomo Find “Disgusting”? Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Slate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began his April 28 press conference stressing that, in order to expertly navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, people needed to distance themselves from their emotions. “Separate the emotion from the logic,” he said before a ..Read More
City’s homeless-hotel plan still has holes, advocates say Posted on April 29, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Queens Daily Eagle A new city plan to move 1,000 homeless adults per week out of shelters and into hotel rooms still has some issues to address, say advocates who have monitored the first phase of the city’s gradual effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus inside its shelt ..Read More
Advocates call for Covid-19 testing in shelters, but capacity remains low Posted on April 29, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Politico Homeless advocates are calling on the city and state to proactively test New Yorkers in the shelter system for the coronavirus, but testing capacity in the five boroughs remains scant. The Coalition for the Homeless and several other organizations sent a lette ..Read More
