Senators Push for Supportive Housing Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Time Warner Cable News More than two dozen state senators are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to fund the construction of 35,000 units of supportive housing. These are units that would house homeless individuals trying to cope with mental illness or addiction in an effort to break ..Read More
Emotional de Blasio Unveils Mental Health Roadmap Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York During a lengthy and emotional press conference on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, unveiled the city’s mental health roadmap, a mix of new policies, increased funding and aspirational goals that, if successfully implemented, w ..Read More
Mayor Unveils $2.6B Supportive Housing Plan Posted on November 18, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 John Schiumo hosts the November 18, 2015 episode of The Call. I’m happy to see the City furthering its efforts to help more people who are without homes. It’s also reassuring to see the Mayor referring to the units he announced funding for today as “supp ..Read More
New York State Assemblyman Calls on Cuomo to Tap State Fund, Aid NYC Homeless Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The chairman of the state Assembly Social Services Committee on Sunday called on Gov. Cuomo to tap into $2.1 billion the state has collected from legal settlements to help address the city’s growing homeless problem. Days after Mayor de Blasio announced a pl ..Read More
Challenges Grow Along With de Blasio’s Expanded Efforts on Unsheltered Homeless Posted on November 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s early move to increase funding for unsheltered homeless people, that population appears to be growing faster than the city’s efforts to address its needs. De Blasio has expanded outreach teams that contact and develop ..Read More
New York’s Poorest Area has 44% Living in Poverty Posted on November 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in AFP Away from the glittering lights of New York’s entertainment and banking hub, nearly half the residents in the city’s poorest neighborhood live in poverty, according to data released Friday. New York has been unveiling statistics across the cityR ..Read More
More Than 500,000 People Homeless in the United States: Report Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Reuters More than 500,000 people – a quarter of them children – were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released on Thursday. The report, from the U.S. Department of Housin ..Read More
Tackling the Homeless Crisis, Without Mr. Cuomo Posted on November 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a plan to create 15,000 “supportive housing” apartments for chronically homeless New Yorkers. He says he is seriously ramping up the city’s response to a crisis that he promised to fix, but that has gotten wors ..Read More
Today’s Video: City Announces 15,000 Units of Supportive Housing Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Mayor de Blasio made history by announcing a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing in New York City over the next 15 years. This is the largest commitment to supportive housing made by any mayor, and its importance cannot be overstated. ..Read More
