De Blasio to Convert Nearly 500 NYC ‘Cluster Site’ Homeless Apartments to Affordable Housing Posted on December 4, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News With the exploding number of homeless still hovering at record levels, Mayor de Blasio will announce Tuesday a nearly-done deal to convert 468 shelter apartments into permanent, affordable apartments for the homeless. Known as “cluster-site” apartments, th ..Read More
Today’s Listen: The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan Posted on November 30, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Despite the fact that homelessness continues to hover at record levels – with 63,000 New Yorkers, including 23,000 children, in shelters each night – Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York 2.0 plan sets aside a mere 5 percent of its 300,000 units for homeles ..Read More
The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan Posted on November 29, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits February will mark two years since Mayor de Blasio unveiled his “Turning the Tide” plan to address the homelessness crisis that had swelled during the first three years of his mayoralty. May will be the fifth anniversary of the mayor announcing his “Hous ..Read More
From Rent Regs to Rezonings, 2019 Will Feature Key Housing Policy Fights Posted on November 27, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits It was the first slushy, snow day of the year for New Yorkers on November 15 and the city was unprepared — but that did not stop hundreds of activists, residents and organizations from marching through the downtown streets for fair housing and stronger rent ..Read More
State Homeless Population Said to Be Larger Than Population in All But Two New York Cities Posted on November 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Next stop, the third largest city in the state: Homelessville, N.Y. Alarming new data compiled by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and the Coalition for the Homeless found that 254,866 New Yorkers were homeless at some point over the past year, a number exceeding the ..Read More
Today’s Read: State Homeless Population Larger Than Population in All But Two New York Cities Posted on November 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The fact that 63,000 people, including 23,000 children, spent Thanksgiving in a New York City municipal shelter is heartbreaking. And when you add all of the New Yorkers across the entire state who experienced homelessness at some point last year, whether in s ..Read More
Where to Go for Thanksgiving if “Home” Isn’t an Option Posted on November 14, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in InStyle For many of us, Thanksgiving is synonymous with family. We go home to our loving (if not stressful and slightly overbearing) relatives, eat substantial amounts of food, and laugh our way through awkward, intrusive conversations. But not everyone can go home fo ..Read More
As Homeless Students Spread Across NYC, Support Is Stretched Thin Posted on November 14, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC In the 19 years that Mary has lived in Astoria, Queens, she has seen luxury condos replace squat apartments at a steady pace. The gentrification reached her doorstep last summer when she was evicted. That was the moment when Mary and her two children found the ..Read More
With More Lawyers for Tenants, City Says Evictions Are Dropping Posted on November 13, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC On a typical weekday morning in Brooklyn housing court, there are lines of people just to get into a courtroom. People are pressed so close together you can hear tenants grousing about bedbugs and broken heating systems. In the past, almost all of the attorney ..Read More
