Today’s Read: City Increasingly Paying Back Rent to Keep Tenants from Homelessness Posted on November 16, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With the number of men, women, and children sleeping in shelters each night hovering at near record levels, the City must tackle the homelessness crisis in every way possible. Now more than ever, prevention is a critical tool in the fight against surging homel ..Read More
East Coast Offers Homeless Insights as West Coast Struggles Posted on November 8, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press It’s before dawn when two outreach workers find a homeless man known as Juice near a train station in Harlem. A nurse will be visiting to discuss his heart problems, they tell him. A short time later, in Marcus Garvey Park, the sun has just begun to rise ..Read More
Tax Plan Would Decimate Affordable Housing in New York, Advocates and City Officials Warn Posted on November 3, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York A Republican-backed proposal to repeal tax-exempt bonds would decimate affordable housing in New York, according to a group of advocates who are mobilizing to block the plan. The GOP tax reform plan, released Thursday, would cost New York $4.5 billion in finan ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Staff Will Learn to Use Narcan for Opioid Overdoses Posted on October 31, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The city will train homeless shelter staff to use a drug that can reverse potentially deadly opioid overdoses under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday. The legislation requires shelters, which have been racked by drug overdoses, to have at least one emp ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness Posted on October 25, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone New York’s historic homelessness crisis, in which more than 61,000 men, women, and children go to sleep in shelters every night, demands bold solutions. Permanent rent subsidies – along with a significant increase in capital spending on new housing units f ..Read More
Mayor Promises New Yorkers Only Incremental Change on Homelessness Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 For a mayor prone to making bold promises, Bill de Blasio is taking a different tact on homelessness. “I today cannot see an end. I can see improvement and constant progress if we all do things right,” de Blasio said on February 28, 2017. The city& ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Support for Homeless Students Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone The citywide housing affordability crisis has pushed record numbers of New Yorkers into the shelter system. The experience of homelessness is especially traumatic for the 33,460 school-aged children who spent at least some time in a DHS shelter in fiscal year ..Read More
10% of New York City Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year Posted on October 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The number of homeless students in the New York City public school system rose again last year, according to state data expected to be released on Tuesday. The increase pushed the city over a sober milestone: One in every 10 public school students was homeless ..Read More
Today’s Read: A Plan to Help Solve the City’s Housing Crisis Posted on October 5, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone The persistent citywide housing affordability crisis has led to near-record homelessness, with more than 61,000 New Yorkers – including nearly 23,000 kids – sleeping in shelters tonight. An estimated half of renters pay more than 30 percent of their income ..Read More
