Fast Food Workers Rally in Manhattan, Albany, Other New York Cities for $15 Minimum Wage Posted on May 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Fast food workers rallied around the state of New York on Wednesday to push for an increase in the minimum wage in their industry to $15 an hour. In New York City, dozens of workers and their allies — including Controller Scott Stringer and Lt. Gov. Kathy Ho ..Read More
Poverty, Family Stress are Thwarting Student Success, Top Teachers Say Posted on May 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post The greatest barriers to school success for K-12 students have little to do with anything that goes on in the classroom, according to the nation’s top teachers: It is family stress, followed by poverty, and learning and psychological problems. Those were the ..Read More
For New York City’s Working Poor, New Help in Getting Out of Homeless Shelters Posted on May 18, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal Last summer, a pipe burst in the Bronx apartment where Ayra Garcia lived with her 15-year-old niece. The water damage was so bad that they couldn’t live there anymore. But despite the $31,243 a year that Ms. Garcia then made as a teacher, she didn’t have t ..Read More
Today’s Read: State Will Not Withhold Funding From 16 NYC Homeless Shelters Posted on May 18, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Following outcry from both advocates and City officials, the State announced on Friday that it would not withhold funding from 16 shelters. The Coalition and other groups had denounced the State’s earlier threat to cut off vital aid to shelters – a move th ..Read More
State to Provide Homeless Funding, Pending City Plan Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York After the state threatened to withhold funding for some homeless shelters in New York City, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance on Friday announced that the city plans to develop a plan to improve the shelters by Tuesday. “Throughout this ..Read More
Making Space for the Homeless Posted on May 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New Yorker On a recent afternoon, at Parsons School of Design, on Thirteenth Street, the artist and interior designer Kevin Walz greeted a handful of guests in a large, long studio space that had high, old-fashioned embossed-metal ceilings and work spaces crowded with sc ..Read More
Assembly Committee Head Criticizes Cuomo for Withholding State Aid for 16 NYC Homeless Shelters Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News ALBANY – The head of a key Assembly committee criticized Gov. Cuomo for withholding state aid for 16 city homeless shelters after the de Blasio administration missed a deadline to address serious code violations. “Cutting off funds for shelters, as ..Read More
Today’s Read: State Withholds Funds From 16 NYC Shelters Posted on May 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Just one day after Mayor de Blasio announced the creation of an interagency “Shelter Repair Squad” to inspect and improve shelter conditions – a development hailed by advocates – Governor Cuomo’s administration inexplicably threatened to withhold fun ..Read More
State Withholds Some City Homeless Funding Posted on May 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York In an ongoing dispute between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo over funding for homeless services, the state plans to withhold money from 16 New York City homeless shelters until conditions are improved. The decision, conveyed to City Hall in a l ..Read More
