$30 Million Program to Help Low-Income New Yorkers Get Mental Health Care Posted on July 29, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times New York is set to begin a $30 million program aimed at providing mental health services to low-income residents with little or no access to care. The program, Connections to Care, will tap existing community organizations that reach low-income residents but a ..Read More
How the de Blasio Administration Spurred Record Affordable-Housing Gains Posted on July 28, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's Not even halfway through his first term, New York’s populist mayor is surprising his many skeptics by making headway on his top—and likely toughest—policy goal. Having pledged to build or preserve affordable housing on the unprecedented scale and pac ..Read More
The Absolute Worst Advice We Give Americans Struggling to Pay Rent Posted on July 28, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Salon In urban centers around the country, rental prices are soaring. Cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City routinely report double-digit increases that make it nearly impossible for residents to make ends meet. But it’s not just dwellers of those ..Read More
How Synthetic Weed is Ravaging Brooklyn’s Homeless Population Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Vice Stand outside the emergency-room entrance to Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn any day of the week and you’ll see them. Sometimes alone, but more often in pairs, they get rolled through the sliding glass door and parked in the air-conditioned lobb ..Read More
New York Voters Express Strong Support for More Federal Funding to Increase Affordable Housing to Address Homelessness Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Real Estate Rama The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and two of its state partners, the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information Service and the Supportive Housing Network of NY, released the findings of a state-wide public opinion poll that measured Ne ..Read More
Deputy Mayor Discusses Homelessness in City Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Errol Louis spoke to Deputy Mayor Liliam Barrios-Paoli about homelessness in the city, and how the de Blasio administration is working to help New Yorkers find shelter. ..Read More
As Major Chain of Three-Quarter Houses Enters Financial Ruin, NYC Scrambles to Find Homes for 800 Residents Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News One of the city’s largest chains of three-quarter houses is on the verge of financial ruin, forcing the city to scramble for accommodations for as many as 800 down-and-out people. An expert hired to analyze Narco Freedom — whose owners are facing a lit ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York Plans $15/Hour Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers Posted on July 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone On Wednesday, a panel recommended that New York State raise the minimum wage for employees of fast food restaurants to $15 an hour by 2018 in New York City and by 2021 elsewhere. If accepted by the acting labor commissioner, the decision will impact an estimat ..Read More
A City for the Poor, Rich and In Between Posted on July 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times A year and a half into his mayoralty, it’s now Bill de Blasio’s New York. So is the city starting to look like the one he promised to build, one where the poor and the working class can afford to live? It depends on where you look. Last week Mr. de Blasio ..Read More
