Category: CFTH Blog

Yesterday the Coalition released “State of the Homeless 2013,” which documents how, for the first time ever, more than 50,000 homeless New Yorkers are sleeping each night in municipal shelters – a shocking 61 percent increase since Mayor Bloomberg to ..Read More

The State of the Homeless 2013 report is available here (PDF).  Following is the news release: For Immediate Release:  March 5, 2013 50,000: Homeless Count Crosses Grim Milestone In Bloomberg’s Final Year Legacy of Policy Failures Presents Major Chall ..Read More

Over 300 social service providers signed a letter to New York State officials, providing policy recommendations regarding controversial social work policies. A brief excerpt is below or you can read the full letter and list of supporters here. We, the undersi ..Read More

Hurricane Sandy evacuees, New York City Council Members, and advocates held a press conference at City Hall today to present a blueprint for dealing with the post-Sandy housing crisis. The blueprint can be downloaded here. Below is the news release issued at t ..Read More

Last week, the Daily News reported that the Bloomberg Administration has started denying families emergency shelter even on nights when the temperature is below freezing. For many years, guaranteeing families access to shelter on cold nights, also known as ..Read More

The Coalition for the Homeless responded today to Mayor Bloomberg’s assertion on the John Gambling show that the City’s homeless policies are “compassionate.” The following statement can be attributed to Mary Brosnahan, President of t ..Read More

Homeless families continue to face huge hurdles in gaining access to emergency shelter, but the Bloomberg administration has reached a new low in its quest to deny shelter to as many families as possible. This weekend, the New York Daily News reported that t ..Read More

A little over a year ago, the Bloomberg administration attempted to impose strict eligibility requirements for homeless single adults seeking shelter. Today, homeless New Yorkers won an important legal victory when the Appellate Court released a decision de ..Read More

Now that we’re deep into the harshest, coldest months of winter, it’s more important than ever that New Yorkers do all they can to help those surviving rough on the streets of our city. It’s truly heartening to see law firms like Patterson Belknap step ..Read More