Fair Share Bills Are NOT Fair to Homeless New Yorkers Posted on May 11, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone The citywide affordable housing crisis has pushed record numbers of New Yorkers into homelessness. In an effort to meet its moral and legal obligation to provide shelter for all homeless individuals and families, the City has scrambled to open more shelters to ..Read More
Today’s Read: Why Is the Homeless Crisis Growing? Posted on May 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone A combination of economic forces and misguided policy responses has pushed record numbers of men, women, and children into homelessness – leaving the City struggling to address the crisis. Although Mayor de Blasio has made notable improvements in some areas, ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Mental Health Services Posted on May 8, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society submitted testimony to The New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services regarding oversight of the ThriveNYC ..Read More
Darlene Love and Kristine Johnson Join the 23rd Annual Women Mean Business Luncheon in Support of the First Step Job Training Program Posted on April 27, 2017 by Nicole Edine This year’s Women Mean Business Luncheon on April 25th was a huge success, raising $270,000 for the First Step Job Training Program. More than 350 business and civic leaders attended the event at the Pierre Hotel in midtown Manhattan to support and celebrate ..Read More
How to Help the Record Number of Homeless Students Posted on April 26, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Tonight, nearly 24,000 children will sleep in New York City shelters. Tomorrow, thousands of them will head to school, where they often struggle to keep up with their stably housed classmates while coping with the trauma of homelessness. A new report from the ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Homeless Services Reforms Posted on April 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone On Thursday, the Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on General Welfare regarding the status of reforms to the Department of Homeless Services and actions needed to address nea ..Read More
Today’s Read: A Compassionate Response to Homelessness Posted on April 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone Although permanent housing is the solution to homelessness, shelters are a necessary immediate resource for men, women, and children who find themselves in urgent need of a safe place to sleep. Thanks to landmark litigation brought by the Coalition for the Hom ..Read More
Today’s Video: How Homelessness Has Worsened in the City Posted on April 18, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone With the New York City shelter system bursting at the seams and thousands of people sleeping on subways or sidewalks, many New Yorkers are asking themselves how we got to this point. The answer, as explained in the Coalition’s annual State of the Homeless re ..Read More
Today’s Read: Thousands of Working New Yorkers Are Living in Homeless Shelters Posted on April 13, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone The primary driver of record homelessness is the worsening citywide housing affordability crisis. In every borough, skyrocketing rents and stagnant incomes have left more and more New Yorkers on the brink of homelessness: As of 2014, one-third of all NYC rente ..Read More
