Hungry, Homeless and in College Posted on December 4, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Three months after starting college, Brooke Evans found herself without a place to live. She was 19. She slept in libraries, bathrooms and her car. She sold plasma and skipped meals. It was hard to focus or participate in class, and when her grades fell, her f ..Read More
Today’s Read: Clergy Push Mayor and Governor on Housing Plan for Homeless Posted on December 8, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With all of the recent attention on the upsurge in street homelessness in NYC, it’s easy to forget that a humane and cost-effective solution exists: supportive housing. Twenty-five years ago, the City and State signed the first NY/NY agreement to jointly fun ..Read More
Clergy Push Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Housing Plan for Homeless Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News A group of more than 250 clergy are calling on Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to come together on a new deal to provide more supportive housing to address the city’s growing homeless problem. In a letter sent to both men, the faith leaders noted de Blasi ..Read More
Who Should Fund Homeless Services in NYC? Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC Laura Nahmias, who reports on City Hall for POLITICO New York, looks at the conflict between the mayor and the governor over funding for the city’s homeless. Nahmias explains how, in the past, the state and the city used to share costs for homeless servi ..Read More
After Homelessness and Jail, a Harlem Woman Finds Stability Working Construction Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times One of the worst things about being homeless was getting caught in the rain. Milan Chapman, 22, who was sometimes drenched for weeks at a time, said of her time on the street, “Just wet, always wet.” To numb herself from the elements and from her own gloom ..Read More
Turn City’s Closed Catholic Churches into Homeless Shelters, Residents Say Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo A group of Manhattan residents are calling on the Archdiocese of New York to turn the dozens of churches it closed earlier this year into homeless shelters. Instead of keeping them vacant or selling them for millions, the group — eight friends, most of whom ..Read More
Amid NYC Homeless-Housing Push, ‘Supportive’ Project Starts Posted on December 1, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press As the city gears up a multibillion-dollar push to house the homeless, officials are showcasing plans to turn an empty South Bronx lot into apartments enhanced with help for residents contending with mental illness. City first lady Chirlane McCray joined in Tu ..Read More
Some NYC Landlords Illegally Refusing to Rent to Tenants on Government Aid: Controller Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News As the city presses landlords to take in homeless families, some have decided it’s okay to illegally refuse to rent to tenants who get government aid, the city controller has found. A disturbing pattern has emerged on Craigslist of landlords openly warning o ..Read More
The Long Wait for Section 8 Posted on December 1, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Marketplace Marylene Marrero is a 37-year-old hairstylist who lives in Yonkers, New York. She has spent the past couple of years bouncing from apartment to apartment. In that time, there’s something she has held onto very tightly: a letter from the Municipal Housing ..Read More
