Author: Gabriela Sandoval Requena

While 58,761 homeless New Yorkers slept in shelters each night this past June, why aren’t more doing the same? ..Read More

An apparent rise in the numbers of panhandlers on the streets and people setting up encampments on sidewalks is highlighting City Hall’s struggles to address homelessness and testing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pledge to reduce income inequality ..Read More

The city plans to spend $5 million to inspect three-quarter homes, repair problems and move people out. ..Read More

For many families in public housing, it is a rite of passage to one day move into private rentals or buy their own homes. But in another sign of the affordability challenges facing New Yorkers, many others are staying longer, if not for life, even when making ..Read More

For thousands of homeless people in New York City, many said that passing time on the street was more bearable than going through the shelter system. ..Read More

The long-term solution to New York City’s increasingly visible homeless population is to provide mental health care, not just put them behind bars, Police Commissioner William Bratton said Sunday. ..Read More

City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor announced a pilot literacy program for homeless families at twenty shelters. ..Read More

In NYC, anyone caught sleeping on sidewalks, can be charged with obstructing pedestrian traffic. ..Read More

As the city wrestles with an overall homeless population of more than 60,000, young people pose a challenge not just in terms of providing shelter for them, but also in providing the right kind of shelter to lure them off the streets. ..Read More