Today’s Read: No Quick Fix for NYC’s Growing Homeless Population Posted on September 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone With shelters at or near capacity and thousands of New Yorkers still sleeping on the streets, it’s clear that something is not working in our city. One of the root causes of mass homelessness is the skyrocketing cost of housing. Even people who work full-tim ..Read More
This 7-Year-Old is Making Life Better for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on September 18, 2015 by Nicole Edine Seven year-old Maribella goes to school in the East Village. Every day she and her mother, Michelle, walk through Tompkins Square Park, where they see more and more homeless men and women suffering on the streets. Maribella decided she couldn’t just walk pas ..Read More
Today’s Read: Low Wages Are Leaving Millions of Workers Behind Posted on September 17, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone One of the primary causes of homelessness is skyrocketing housing prices in the face of stagnating incomes. Too many New Yorkers barely scrape by on minimum-wage salaries – just one missed paycheck or unexpected medical bill away from eviction. An estimated ..Read More
Today’s Read: How to Help Homeless People Leave the Streets Posted on September 15, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone This summer, New Yorkers have been asking how to help the large number of people sleeping on the streets. As part of the City’s response, the NYPD has reportedly started mapping encampments of homeless people and coordinating efforts with the Department of H ..Read More
Sponsor Spotlight: AIG: On the Van, In the Field, and Beyond! Posted on September 10, 2015 by Nicole Edine At the Coalition, we’re lucky to have many amazing sponsors that help us ameliorate the suffering of homeless men, women and children everyday. One of our biggest supporters, AIG, has been a Premiere Corporate Sponsor for three years in a row, providing 90,0 ..Read More
The Blame Game: A Reality Check on Bloomberg Crony’s Attempt to Rewrite Homeless History Posted on September 9, 2015 by Giselle Routhier The Bloomberg administration prided itself on using data to inform policy. But a recent Op-Ed from a top member of his administration on the current homelessness crisis deliberately ignores the data and the important story they tell. For starters: The number o ..Read More
Today’s Read: Cuomo Criticized for Saying City Needs to Do More to Fight Homelessness Posted on September 3, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone Homelessness has been getting significant media attention lately, with many New Yorkers wondering how to end the suffering of our most vulnerable neighbors. The answer, according to decades of research, is supportive housing. This model pairs on-site supportiv ..Read More
Today’s Read: de Blasio Changes His Tone on Homeless Crisis Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone New Yorkers are continuing to express concern about the ongoing crisis of homelessness, which is undeniably impacting the lives of all who live here. More than 58,000 people will sleep in shelters tonight, and thousands more struggle to survive on the streets, ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York Relies on Housing Program it Deplores as Homeless Ranks Swell Posted on August 28, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone The use of “cluster-site shelters” by the City to shelter homeless families in privately owned, often-dilapidated buildings is expensive, unsafe and rife with problems. The Coalition has been urging Mayor de Blasio to transition away from this model – an ..Read More
