NYPD Union Took Photos of Homeless to Shame Mayor Posted on August 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Huffington Post The NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association posted photos of homeless people on Flickr in an attempt to document “a city in decline” due to Mayor de Blasio’s leadership. Have the police gone too far in an attempt to make a political sta ..Read More
Adult Answers on Homelessness: We Cannot Arrest Our Way Out of This Quality-of-Life Problem Posted on August 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News New polling suggests great dissatisfaction with our city’s quality of life. The image driving this negativity, at least in part, is of large numbers of homeless people suddenly appearing again on our streets and doorsteps. Most blame Mayor de Blasio. After m ..Read More
311 Complaints About Homeless Have Risen Nearly 60 Percent Under de Blasio Posted on August 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo The number of 311 calls about the homeless has jumped nearly 60 percent since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, records show. Between Jan. 1, 2015, and Aug. 9, 2015, the city’s 311 system received 20,242 calls about a homeless person in need of assistanc ..Read More
Giving Homeless Kids the Tools to Thrive in School Posted on August 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in PR Web The first day of school can be a scary and uncertain time for any child. But it poses particular challenges for the more than 24,000 New York City kids currently living in homeless shelters. These youngsters often lack the tools any child needs – including b ..Read More
NYC’s Homeless Become ‘Pawns’ in Police Union Fight With Mayor Posted on August 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Al Jazeera America New York City’s homeless have been caught up in a long-running feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and a police union that is now encouraging members to take pictures of people committing quality-of-life crimes, such as sleeping on the street. Seemingly intend ..Read More
House the Homeless Posted on August 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Amsterdam News Homelessness is considered pretty much an accepted part of life in New York City and has been for decades—the man asking for money when you exit a building, the woman holding a child in her arms who speaks to the entire subway car, the shoeless man with a si ..Read More
Last Remaining Homeless Shelter in NoHo Pushed Out for Retail: Report Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo A decades-old shelter for homeless women is being ousted from Lafayette Street after the building that housed it for 27 years was sold to developers for $27 million, according to the shelter and city records. The sale was first reported by The Real Deal, which ..Read More
Homelessness in New York City Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Brooklyn Independent Media Here’s something that might surprise you about our city’s homeless crisis, as we’re reaching numbers not seen in more than 80 years: Close to a third of all homeless families are in fact employed, but their low wages can’t keep up with ..Read More
Problems of Housing Mentally Ill People Spill Into the Street Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times One evening last week, a restaurant owner in Washington Heights and two customers stood chatting on the sidewalk about the changes in the area over the last 25 years. The restaurateur, Peter Walsh, was telling the people, who were coming from a hospital on 168 ..Read More
