Author: Jacquelyn Simone

New York City is planning to add more housing for homeless adults and children fleeing domestic violence, the latest effort by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to deal with a homelessness problem that has persisted as housing costs in the city have cont ..Read More

Homelessness in New York has received much attention from public officials in recent weeks. But there has been frustratingly little focus on solutions that have been proven to work. It’s true that we have a crisis on our hands: nearly 80,000 people in our st ..Read More

Getting social services and mental help is a daily battle for many of New York City’s homeless. Ralph Crump, 58, has been a father, a husband, a construction worker, and before that even a basketball player. He’s also been better. Today, Crump face ..Read More

As the steamy summer fades and the chill returns to swell the already bloated homeless shelter population, Mayor de Blasio admits he’s playing catch up over this increasingly frustrating problem. “I’m not going to lie to you guys — this is a tough one. ..Read More

Housing activists march from Zuccotti Park to New York City’s City Hall to demand more affordable housing options for the homeless and poor on September 17, 2015 in New York City. Today also marks the four-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests. ..Read More

According to data released by the Census Bureau‘s American Community Survey on Wednesday, zero progress had been made to lower the city’s poverty rate since 2014. The annual survey, which takes a close look at demographics, housing statistics and both the ..Read More

The de Blasio administration, under pressure to get homeless people off the city streets, has asked clergy throughout the city to make room for an additional 500 homeless people to sleep in houses of worship. At a meeting in lower Manhattan Thursday morning, c ..Read More

It’s the story that every New Yorker is talking about – the apparent rise of homeless people taking to the streets of Manhattan. From the Theater District and Times Square to downtown and the financial district, the homeless population seems to be swelling ..Read More

Homelessness is making headlines in New York City: the struggle, the suffering, and the solutions; the stories from those who have hit hard times. So how do we help the city’s most vulnerable? Homelessness in New York City is at an all-time high. For mon ..Read More