City Council Progressive Caucus Backs Queens Assemblyman’s Statewide Plan to Subsidize Rent for ‘Vulnerable Residents’ Posted on January 26, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News A Queens assemblyman’s plan to crack down on the city homeless crisis has won the backing of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus. The caucus is supporting a plan by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) called the Home Stability Support program th ..Read More
Bloomberg Left Homeless Mess for de Blasio: Report Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Metro Most of the homelessness in New York is hidden. It’s not begging on the subway. It’s not pushing a cart loaded with garbage-bags of possessions. “You see the faces on the train but you may not even know that they are homeless, it’s not always a pro ..Read More
Report: De Blasio Succeeding at Moving Shelter Families to Housing, but Need Keeps Growing Posted on January 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits As shelter numbers have broken record after record, Mayor Bill de Blasio has been chided by rival politicians and jeered by tabloid editorial boards for his handling of the city’s homeless crisis. Quietly, however, the de Blasio administration placed seven t ..Read More
Advocates for the Homeless are Angry Lamakers Have Not Moved Forward With an MOU for Supportive Housing Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in WCNY We heard why advocates for the homeless are angry lawmakers have not moved forward with an MOU for supportive housing units. Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy at the Coalition for the Homeless, joined Susan. ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Scrambles to Curb Homelessness After Years of Not Keeping Pace Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times During Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first year in office, the Department of Homeless Services created 16 new shelters across New York City to house more than a thousand families and hundreds of single adults. Then, for eight months, the city stopped opening shelte ..Read More
Gleaming New Airports Won’t Help Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 11, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Slant It was a stark contrast at the Midtown Hilton last week: Inside the grand ballroom New York’s business and political elites were convened at an Association for a Better New York lunch listening to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He was pitching his $100 billion infrastru ..Read More
NYC Moves Homeless Out of Shelters at Peak Rate Under de Blasio, But Newcomers Keep Figures at Record High: Report Posted on January 11, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The city is getting the homeless out of shelters and into long-term housing at far greater rates under Mayor de Blasio — but so many people are coming into the system that its numbers are still at record highs, according to a new report. The good-news-bad-ne ..Read More
Cuomo’s Big Speech is Short on Housing Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's New York Business Gov. Andrew Cuomo made scant reference to affordable housing Monday in his first of six State of the State speeches, as the $2 billion he promised as part of last year’s address remains mired in Albany gridlock. In last year’s edition of the speech ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Approves of Pol’s Plan to Address NYC’s Homeless Crisis Posted on January 9, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio has given a qualified thumbs up to a plan to address the homeless crisis that is gaining bipartisan support in the state Legislature. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) has been pushing the Home Stability Support program that is intended to r ..Read More
