Author: Giselle Routhier

Two things stuck out in a yesterday’s Associated Press article highlighting the growing problem of record homelessness in New York City: 1) The Bloomberg administration’s refusal to provide housing assistance to homeless New Yorkers is keeping tens of t ..Read More

A New York Times article this weekend highlights the importance of supportive housing. John Cornelius Foley, a formerly-homeless man, spent 20 years living on the Bowery, including time spent living in a plywood box on the sidewalk. Today, he lives in a s ..Read More

Yesterday a disturbing video surfaced of a D-list celebrity’s son intentionally assaulting a homeless man, for no other reason than his apparent homelessness. The television stardom of the assaulter’s mother made this video news, but it is certain that th ..Read More

Last week, we released new data showing that the number of kids sleeping in City shelters is poised to reach 20,000, an all-time record high and an undeniable crisis. And yet, in the midst of this crisis, the Bloomberg administration refuses to give homeless ..Read More

Today we released a report on record homelessness and its impact on children. Here are the highlights: – For the first time ever, the number of homeless children has reached 19,500, an increase of 18 percent over last year. Current trends suggest the nu ..Read More

The number of homeless men, women, and children living in shelter is over 45,000—a record high. The number of shelters in the City is up to 234. The average length of stay in shelters is at 337 days, up three months over last year. All around, the indicator ..Read More

The rich got richer and the poor got poorer in New York City last year as the poverty rate reached its highest point in more than a decade, and the income gap in Manhattan, already wider than almost anywhere else in the country, rivaled disparities in sub-Saha ..Read More

Last week, newly-released Census Bureau data showed that the poverty rate in America remained steady at 15 percent. In New York State, the poverty rate also remained unchanged from 2010, although at 16 percent, it is slightly higher than the national average a ..Read More

Today, the Census Bureau released updated data on the persistence of poverty in America. Data confirm that the poverty rate remained at 15 percent—unchanged from 2010. That translates to 46.2 million people living in poverty in 2011, including 16.1 million ..Read More