Today’s Read: Plan to Address Homeless Crisis Gains Bipartisan Support Posted on January 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Tens of thousands of New Yorkers across the state are entering the new year homeless, and countless others are on the brink of losing their homes. The record scale of the crisis demands bold solutions, such as Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi’s Home Stability Su ..Read More
Queens Assemblyman’s Plan to Address Homeless Crisis Gains Bipartisan Support Posted on January 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News A Queens state assemblyman’s plan to address the homeless crisis is gaining bipartisan steam in both houses of the Legislature. Andrew Hevesi has been pushing a plan, first reported by the Daily News in September, that he calls the Home Stability Support ..Read More
Past Time to Help the Homeless Posted on January 2, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Newsday It’s been almost a year since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo promised $2 billion toward affordable and supportive housing. His plan included 6,000 permanent housing units across the state for those who are homeless and need additional services. The promises have yet t ..Read More
Today’s Read: NYC’s Homeless Hotels Posted on December 28, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone Although New York City has the largest homeless population of any city in the United States, we don’t have the massive tent encampments found in many other cities with growing homeless populations. In fact, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Develop ..Read More
Who’s Afraid of NYC’s Homeless Hotels? Posted on December 23, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits A homeless 52-year-old woman described the boutique Manhattan hotel room where she lives with her two grandkids as clean but tiny. Frances Ramos said the city Department of Homeless Services placed her family at The MAve Hotel in late October. The narrow, 11-f ..Read More
What the Homeless Really Need Posted on December 22, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Every night, more than 62,000 people sleep in our shelters, on our streets or in our subway system. This means there are more homeless people in New York City than at any time since the Great Depression. It is an epidemic we must face with the full force of ou ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Say Cuomo, Legislature Could Free Up Money Now Posted on December 21, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in WXXI News Advocates for the homeless say the governor and Legislature don’t need to call a special session to free up more money to help create more housing for those in need. They say political leaders could simply sign an already printed memorandum of understanding ..Read More
Remembering the Homeless Who Died in 2016 Posted on December 22, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist The windows and walls at Manhattan’s Drisha Institute for Jewish Education were lined last night with large sheets of paper covered with 143 names, each the name of a homeless person who died in NYC this year. For the past five years, the homeless servic ..Read More
Volunteers Offer Hot Comfort for Hungry, Homeless Posted on December 21, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Riverdale Press Monday night was a bitter 24-degress, the coldest night so far of this winter season, and yet Paul Fitzgerald, Nime LaFauci and Mick Galvan were still driving around the Bronx, delivering food to people in need. “We fed about 200 people, tonight, that’s ab ..Read More
