Shelter Rules Hurt the Homeless Posted on April 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Locking the shelter door is no solution to the homeless crisis (“Shelter for the needy,” editorial, April 7). New restrictions for homeless families desperately seeking shelter are not merely weeding out the less needy, they are making the lives of homeles ..Read More
Thousands of Working New Yorkers Are Living in Homeless Shelters Posted on April 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal Donna Morgan is dreaming about shrimp and okra, deviled eggs with onions, and porgy. It has been a long day at work, and the 51-year-old Manhattan health aide is yearning for the taste of home. Instead, she likely will pick up some fast food and return to the ..Read More
A Journey From Real ‘World’ to Homeless Shelter — and College Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Preston Roberson-Charles is studying economics at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens. Well spoken and charming, he wears gray Warby Parker glasses and keeps his jeans fashionably rolled at the ankle. Not exactly the stereotype of a homeles ..Read More
Missing the Mark and Reviving Old Myths Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone In a woefully misguided editorial today, the New York Daily News applauds the de Blasio administration for changing shelter intake procedures to dramatically reduce the percentage of families found eligible for shelter – as if turning away families in need i ..Read More
Housing and Homelessness Posted on April 4, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in WCNY Today, the Warren M. Anderson Breakfast series, which is put on by the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, looked at homelessness and housing issues in the state. Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy with the Coalition for the Homeless, a ..Read More
Landlords Fined $33K by City After Rejecting Tenant With Housing Voucher Posted on April 5, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo A Brooklyn management company was fined $33,000 by the City Commission on Human Rights after leaving a 74-year-old woman homeless for two months by illegally rejecting her housing voucher, according to court documents. The commission last week fined the landlo ..Read More
Coalition Renews Client Advisory Group Organizing Posted on April 4, 2017 by Anna Hadfield Last month, the Coalition renewed our organizing work with homeless shelter residents with an expanded Client Advisory Group (CAG). For two decades CAG has empowered homeless New Yorkers in shelters to effectively advocate for themselves and others. Every two ..Read More
With Federal Budget Cuts Looming, Cuomo Must Step Up to Fund Housing Posted on March 31, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Slant Gov. Andrew Cuomo called President Trump’s 2018 budget outline “dangerous, reckless, and insulting to New York values.” In particular, the governor highlighted the disastrous impact the proposed budget cuts would have on affordable housing and community ..Read More
Can Andrew Cuomo Really Deliver on His Housing Promises? Posted on March 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Lab With their state mired in a historic homeless crisis and budget negotiations underway in Albany, low-income New Yorkers and housing advocates are urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to back up various press releases, State of the State addresses and previous budget p ..Read More
