Friends and Supporters of First Step Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Women Mean Business Luncheon Posted on April 19, 2019 by Nicole Edine On Friday, April 12th, nearly 450 business and community leaders joined First Step graduates, staff, and supporters past and present to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women Mean Business Luncheon. This year’s special celebration raised nearly $450,000 ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio May Require More Homeless Housing Posted on April 16, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone More than a year ago, Coalition for the Homeless launched a campaign to call on Mayor de Blasio to increase the number of apartments set aside for homeless New Yorkers in his 300,000-unit Housing New York 2.0 plan to 30,000, with 24,000 of these units to be cr ..Read More
Today’s Read: Homeless New Yorkers Are Spending More Time in Shelters Than Ever Before Posted on March 21, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone A record 63,839 people, including 22,938 children, sleep in NYC shelters each night – and the length of time homeless New Yorkers spend in shelters before finding housing has increased. City data show that the average length of stay in shelters rose to 401 d ..Read More
Today’s Read: Members of New York’s Congressional Delegation Call on Cuomo to Back Program to Fight Homelessness Posted on March 20, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone With State budget negotiations in their final weeks, a growing chorus of elected officials from all levels of government are calling for the budget to include Home Stability Support (HSS). This proposal, initially introduced by Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi in ..Read More
Today’s Read: This Program Could Boost the Fight Against Homelessness Posted on March 8, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone As Albany legislators negotiate the 2019-2020 State budget, more elected officials and concerned New Yorkers across the state are calling for the budget to include a rent subsidy called Home Stability Support (HSS). This proposal, initially introduced by Assem ..Read More
Today’s Read: Council Members Call for Home Stability Support Posted on February 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, Coalition for the Homeless rallied with dozens of advocates and elected officials in support of a statewide rent subsidy proposal called Home Stability Support (HSS), which would reduce homelessness by bridging the difference ..Read More
Today’s Read: Bipartisan Group of Elected Officials Calls for New Program to Fight Homelessness Posted on February 4, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone With record homelessness across the state, elected officials from both parties are renewing the push for a statewide rent subsidy called Home Stability Support. HSS would bridge the difference between the public assistance shelter allowance and actual rents fo ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on NYS Executive Budget 2019 Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, Coalition for the Homeless submitted testimony to the Fiscal Committees of the New York State Legislature on the NYS Executive Budget 2019. Although there are some positive developments in the recently released Executive Budget, Governor Cuomo has c ..Read More
Veto-Proof Majority of City Council Members Support Bill to Create More Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 28, 2019 by Giselle Routhier Last Tuesday, an important City Council bill reached the critical veto-proof milestone of 34 cosponsors. Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. initially sponsored Intro. 1211 just a few months ago: It would require developers who receive City financial assista ..Read More
