First Step Graduates Shine at This Year’s Women Mean Business Luncheon! Posted on April 30, 2018 by Anya Tudisco On April 19th, nearly 350 business and community leaders gathered at the Plaza Hotel for the 24th Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon, raising more than $265,000 for the Coalition’s First Step Job Training Program. Dulcé Sloan, comedian and correspondent on ..Read More
Today’s Read: Advocates Call for More Homeless Housing Units in de Blasio’s Housing Plan Posted on April 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, the Coalition for the Homeless and a group of 43 organizations sent a letter to Mayor de Blasio calling on him to dedicate 30,000 units of his Housing New York 2.0 plan to homeless New Yorkers, or 10 percent of the total 300,000-unit plan. Currently ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on the NYC 15/15 Supportive Housing Initiative Posted on April 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Tuesday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare on the NYC 15/15 supportive housing initiative and related topics. Supportive housing is permanent affordable ..Read More
Today’s Read: Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget Posted on April 3, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The State’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget, which was finalized late last week, includes various housing initiatives, such as a pilot rent subsidy program and continued funding for supportive housing. Buried in the budget bills, however, is language that could impo ..Read More
Today’s Read: Population at City Homeless Shelters Hits Record High Posted on March 15, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, the Coalition for the Homeless released our 2018 State of the Homeless report, Fate of a Generation: How the City and State Can Tackle Homelessness by Bringing Housing Investment to Scale. The annual report offers a comprehensive analysis of record ..Read More
Today’s Listen: Podcast on Shelter Numbers, de Blasio’s Agenda, Cuomo’s Record Posted on March 6, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Coalition for the Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier visited the Max & Murphy podcast with City Limits and Gotham Gazette for a wide-ranging conversation on the policies needed to effectively combat record homelessness: “It’s ok to sa ..Read More
Today’s Read: A ‘Bright Light,’ Dimmed in the Shadows of Homelessness Posted on March 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone In addition to the record number of homeless New Yorkers in shelters, thousands more sleep each night on the streets, in subways, and in parks. Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times wrote a vivid and heartbreaking profile of Nakesha Williams, one of these New ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Opioid Overdoses Among NYC’s Homeless Population Posted on March 1, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone On Tuesday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committees on General Welfare and Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction about opioid overdoses among NYC’s homeless population. Th ..Read More
Today’s Video: The New York Prison-to-Shelter Pipeline Posted on February 28, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone The record homelessness crisis – with 63,495 New Yorkers sleeping in city shelters tonight – demands a concerted effort from all levels of government, with a focus on effective prevention and affordable housing solutions. Unfortunately, a damning new inves ..Read More
