Coalition Testifies on Affordable Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings in support of Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr.’s Intro. 1211, which would require developers who re ..Read More
Thank You For Another Successful Holiday Toy Drive! Posted on December 26, 2018 by Nicole Edine Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Holiday Toy Drive. With your help, we distributed nearly 10,000 action figures, books, games, basketballs, dolls and more for homeless girls and boys in New York City. Last week, more than 120 kids from city sh ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Shelter Conditions Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding shelter conditions and several bills related to homeless services. New York City has a legal right t ..Read More
Today’s Read: Number of Homeless People in New York State Continues to Grow Posted on December 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Across the United States, 552,830 people were homeless on a single night in 2018, showing the strong economy has not fully addressed the persistent lack of affordable housing. A striking 17 percent of those homeless Americans, or 91,897 people, were in New Yor ..Read More
Today’s Read: Setting the Record Straight Posted on December 12, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Coalition for the Homeless released a white paper entitled “Housing DisConnect: Fact-Checking Mayor de Blasio’s Claims on Affordable Housing and Homelessness.” The report illustrates how Mayor de Blasio’s current housing plan falls far sho ..Read More
Today’s Read: City Hall Refuses to Reveal Data on Actual Number of Homeless Placed in City-Funded Housing Posted on December 7, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Despite a record 63,559 people sleeping in NYC shelters each night and thousands more bedding down on the streets, Mayor de Blasio has stubbornly defended his decision to allocate a mere 5 percent of his 300,000-unit affordable housing plan to homeless New Yor ..Read More
Today’s Listen: The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan Posted on November 30, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone Despite the fact that homelessness continues to hover at record levels – with 63,000 New Yorkers, including 23,000 children, in shelters each night – Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York 2.0 plan sets aside a mere 5 percent of its 300,000 units for homeles ..Read More
ARTWALK NY Honors Marina Adams, Stanley Whitney, and Suzanne Siano Posted on November 30, 2018 by Nicole Edine On November 28, more than 750 friends and supporters of the Coalition for the Homeless filled Spring Studios in TriBeCa for the 24th annual ARTWALK NY charity auction and gala. The event raised roughly $850,000 to support the Coalition’s programs that help m ..Read More
Today’s Read: State Homeless Population Larger Than Population in All But Two New York Cities Posted on November 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The fact that 63,000 people, including 23,000 children, spent Thanksgiving in a New York City municipal shelter is heartbreaking. And when you add all of the New Yorkers across the entire state who experienced homelessness at some point last year, whether in s ..Read More
