Author: Patrick Markee

Today Mayor Bloomberg announced revisions to his ten-year housing plan, but one thing wasn’t revised:  The plan still shortchanges homeless New Yorkers. As the New York Times reported, the revised “New Housing Marketplace Plan” will seek t ..Read More

Thanks to the actions of Coalition supporters, New York State’s schools chief has promised to help Rosa Bracero and other homeless students — but more reforms are still needed. Late last week, Mary Brosnahan, the Coalition’s executive directo ..Read More

Our campaign to help Rosa Bracero and thousands of other homeless students has won national attention — and generated hundreds of letters to Mayor Bloomberg urging him to change misguided rules that force homeless kids to miss school and exams. As we not ..Read More

Rosa Bracero, a homeless high school student, was prevented from taking her graduation exams by New York City and State bureaucrats. Yesterday’s New York Daily News featured a remarkable article by reporter Meredith Kolodner, telling the story of Ros ..Read More

An alarming news report documents the growing problems with Mayor Bloomberg’s flawed “Work Advantage” program — including children and families placed into hazardous homes. The New York Daily News has, over the past two days, publishe ..Read More

It’s been a long while since right-wing extremist Heather MacDonald has shared her mean-spirited views about homelessness with New York City’s tabloid newspaper readers.  And honestly, we can’t say we’ve missed her. But today she took ..Read More

In a recent editorial, the New York Daily News defended Mayor Bloomberg’s failed homeless policies — but had to ignore the facts to do so. Because we at Coalition for the Homeless subscribe to the old-fashioned notion that facts should inform pu ..Read More

As we noted here last month, way, way back in August — in the thick of what turned out to be a tighter-than-predicted mayoral election race — Mayor Bloomberg was asked a question about record family homelessness, and this was his response: “ ..Read More

The earthquake in Haiti has killed thousands in Port-au-Prince and surrounding communities, and left thousands more homeless and in need of emergency relief.  Here’s how you can help. The New York Times has provided a helpful list of organizations pro ..Read More