VICTORY! New York’s Highest Court Blocks Dangerous Bloomberg Homeless Policy Posted on November 26, 2013 by Patrick Markee Today’s ruling by the New York State Court of Appeals blocks Mayor Bloomberg’s dangerous and misguided proposal to deny emergency shelter to thousands of homeless men and women each year. The ruling, which can be found here (PDF), upheld two previous cour ..Read More
Rising Family Homelessness in NYC: What the Next Mayor Can Do Posted on November 20, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE Coalition for the Homeless and the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School co-sponsored a policy forum today analyzing record family homelessness and detailing housing-based solutions that Mayor-elect de Blasio can enact. Despite record homelessne ..Read More
Congratulations, Mayor-elect de Blasio! Posted on November 7, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE New York City’s next mayor will inherit an historic homelessness crisis. The good news is that Bill de Blasio’s knowledge and experience, his campaign platform, and his vision for a less unequal city make him extraordinarily well-suited to stem the tide of ..Read More
The New Yorker: “Hidden City” Posted on October 22, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE This week’s New Yorker has a remarkable article about New York City’s historic homelessness crisis, and highlights the essential role of Coalition for the Homeless and advocates in fighting to address that crisis. The sprawling article, “Hidden City, ..Read More
Lhota’s Dangerous Proposal to Close the Shelter Door on Homeless People Posted on September 24, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE Republican NYC mayoral candidate Joe Lhota proposed a dangerous plan to change the New York State Constitution in order to deny shelter to many homeless people. During a tele-town hall with supporters late last week, Lhota said he would seek to modify the New ..Read More
TODAY’S READ: More Inequality and Poverty in NYC Posted on September 19, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE New Census Bureau data shows that, in 2012, the number of New Yorkers living in poverty rose. And the gap between rich and poor New Yorkers has continued to widen. The New York Times’ Sam Roberts reviewed the newly-released Census data. His article today ..Read More
NY Times: Working New Yorkers Without Homes Posted on September 18, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE The front page of today’s New York Times has a powerful article about the rising number of working New Yorkers who are homeless – the result of NYC’s worsening affordability crisis and failed Bloomberg policies. The New York Times article by Mireya N ..Read More
More Evidence of NYC’s Housing Affordability Crisis Posted on August 8, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE A major new report about housing in New York City documents the widening affordability gap, one of the driving forces behind record homelessness . Even during the economic downturn apartment rents rose significantly while renter incomes fell, and four out of f ..Read More
Daily News Op-Ed Touts Bloomberg’s Misguided Approach to Homelessness Posted on August 8, 2013 by PATRICK MARKEE A July 22nd NY Daily News op-ed is the latest effort to promote the meager findings of a recently published study of the City’s controversial Homebase program. The piece – authored by Rosanne Haggerty, the head of Community Solutions (and former head o ..Read More
