Today’s Read: Rise to the Challenge and Fight Street Homelessness Posted on March 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone While an entire generation of New Yorkers has grown up in a city where mass homelessness, sadly, no longer seems shocking, it can be easy to forget that things don’t have to be this way and proven solutions are at hand. One of the most powerful and cost-effe ..Read More
Today’s Read: Blueprint Now in Place, de Blasio Builds a Homeless Policy Posted on March 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone As one of the worst winters in memory continues to pummel the city, who among us can walk past the countless homeless men and women we see huddled against the bitter cold without wondering what is being done to help them? And with tens of thousands more men, ..Read More
Coalition Testifies: Cuomo Budget Falls Short on Supportive Housing Posted on February 6, 2015 by Bianca Fortis The Coalition’s Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Shelly Nortz, testified on Thursday at the State Budget Hearing on Housing in Albany. Ms. Nortz and nearly everyone who testified at the hearing, called on Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature to fully fund a f ..Read More
Looking Back on 2014: Hope for the New Year in the Wake of Rising NYC Homelessness Posted on January 28, 2015 by Patrick Markee The historic homelessness crisis that Mayor de Blasio inherited worsened during his first year in office, due to three factors: (1) New York City’s acute housing affordability crisis; (2) the lingering impact of former Mayor Bloomberg’s disastrous homele ..Read More
Today’s Read: New York City Activists Mobilize for Right to Counsel in Eviction Posted on January 8, 2015 by Bianca Fortis A bill proposed to the New York City Council, if passed, would make the city the first municipality to provide free legal counsel to low income tenants at risk of eviction. Currently 90 percent of landlords are represented by attorneys during housing court whi ..Read More
Thank You For Bringing Holiday Cheer! Posted on December 24, 2014 by Sarah Murphy On Saturday, December 13th more than 125 girls and boys from nine different New York City homeless shelters joined the Coalition for the Homeless for our annual Holiday Carnival. The children were greeted with activities, treats and gift bags full of small toy ..Read More
Guest Post: Paul Bettany Posted on December 22, 2014 by Sarah Murphy I first began working with the Coalition for the Homeless in 2012 because I needed help. I was writing a screenplay about a homeless couple who fall in love on the streets of NYC. It was inspired by a real couple who lived outside my apartment in TriBeCa ̵ ..Read More
CFH Testifies on NYC Homelessness Crisis and Solutions Posted on December 11, 2014 by Sarah Murphy On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, the Coalition’s Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Shelly Nortz, gave testimony to New York State’s Assembly Standing Committees on Social Services and Oversight, Analysis and Investigation on the current homelessness crisi ..Read More
Congratulations to First Step Classes 124 and 125! Posted on November 20, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone On Wednesday, November 5th, family, friends and staff gathered at the offices of Hughes Hubbard and Reed, LLP, to celebrate the 33 remarkable women who successfully completed the First Step Job Training Program. The women of classes 124 and 125 spent 14 weeks ..Read More
