Today’s Read: NYC’s Homeless Look for Shelter and Safety Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The frigid winter weather pummeling the East Coast can be life-threatening for the thousands of New Yorkers who sleep on the streets each night. While New York City has a legal right to shelter and expands citywide outreach when a Code Blue is in effect, many ..Read More
The Real Life Give-and-Take of NYC’s Homeless Outreach Efforts Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits The Upper West Side is still draped in darkness as the headlights from a Toyota Rav4 cut through its sleepy roads. Before the sunrise fills the streets with its warm light, two social workers from Goddard Riverside Community Center’s Homeless Outreach Team a ..Read More
NYC’s Homeless Look for Shelter, Safety as Temperatures Continue to Drop Posted on January 4, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork Finding a warm place to stay during the bitter cold and snow is a challenge for Success, a 42-year-old homeless woman living on the streets in Manhattan. “If I could come up with $2.75, I would ride the train for the heat,” she said Wednesday night. But li ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Should Seize His Second Term to Make New York the ‘Fairest Big City in America’ Posted on January 1, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Nation It’s been four years since Bill de Blasio first stood on the steps of City Hall and, placing his hand on a Bible that had once belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, took the oath of office to become New York City’s 109th mayor. It was a frigid day, bitter ..Read More
Code Blue for NYC Posted on December 28, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC Temperatures forecast to stay 10 to 15 degrees below normal through the weekend. Unsheltered homeless individuals, infants, older adults and people with certain chronic medical conditions are at an increased risk. Benjamin Krakauer, assistant commissioner for ..Read More
Metro Magic Wraps Up with Hundreds of Toy Donations From Readers Posted on December 28, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Metro Thanks to generous donations from readers, Metro was able to deliver hundreds of toys to underprivileged children in Boston, Philadelphia and New York City just in time for the holidays. Metro’s annual toy drive, Tony’s Metro Magic, wrapped up earlier this ..Read More
Code Blue Issued for NYC Homeless as Temperatures Fall Posted on December 26, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 The city is working to get homeless people shelter as temperatures dip and the city faces its coldest air of 2017. With freezing conditions in the city Tuesday night and overnight, the Department of Homeless Services has issued a Code Blue warning. That means ..Read More
Homelessness, Up in 2017, Doesn’t Take a Break for Christmas Posted on December 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Yahoo News Every year around Christmas, a section of Union Square Park in New York City is blocked off for a holiday market of winding aisles lined with sales booths. Right across 14th Street, outside trendy stores, people huddled under blankets are asking for change fro ..Read More
Renewed Push to Pass State Homelessness Subsidy in 2018 Posted on December 20, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette Legislation to create a statewide rental supplement to curtail the growth of homelessness in New York, while generating savings for local social service agencies, is the focus of a renewed campaign ahead of the 2018 budget and legislative session. Despite supp ..Read More
