Everyone Should Pay Their Fair Share Posted on October 17, 2011 by Mary Brosnahan We have a record number of homeless New Yorkers living in our emergency shelters. Over 40,000 people, including more that 16,000 girls and boys don’t have a home. When you make one million dollars a year, it’s easy to forget what that means. It mea ..Read More
Breakfast at Tiffany’s? What Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Really Mean for Essential Services Posted on October 13, 2011 by Giselle Routhier This morning, the Coalition for the Homeless joined advocates and service providers at an “Austerity Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” held outside the iconic Tiffany and Co. store on Fifth Avenue. The ‘Austerity Breakfast’ was organized to pu ..Read More
Coalition Donates Food and Blankets to Homeless Protestors Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jen Kirby Zuccotti Park, the base of the Occupy Wall Street protests, has emerged as a dramatic contrast to the everyday tourist bustle and business suits of lower Manhattan. A palpable energy radiates from the encampment, and its borders are brimming with its charge: t ..Read More
Community/Labor Groups and #OccupyWallStreet March on City’s Billionaires Posted on October 12, 2011 by Giselle Routhier Yesterday, the Coalition for the Homeless joined hundreds of people from community organizations, unions, and Occupy Wall Street on a tour of the homes of some of New York’s billionaires. Rupert Murdoch, David Koch, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon were am ..Read More
#OccupyWallStreet March & Rally: Banks and the Wealthy Must Pay Their Fair Share Posted on October 6, 2011 by Patrick Markee Yesterday Coalition for the Homeless joined organized labor, community groups, and thousands of New Yorkers for an historic march and rally to support the Occupy Wall Street protesters, who are in their third week encamped at Zuccotti Park in the heart of Ma ..Read More
Advantage Tenants: October Rent will be Paid Posted on October 5, 2011 by Sarah Murphy The City agreed to pay Advantage rent for October, despite sending letter to some Advantage tenants telling them the City would not pay. The landlords should recieve the checks in 3 to 5 days. These payments will be made only for Advantage tenants who are s ..Read More
Number of Poor New Yorkers Rises Again – One in Five New Yorkers Now Living in Poverty Posted on September 22, 2011 by Giselle Routhier New data released today by the Census Bureau document the rise and breadth of poverty in New York City. Although the news is not surprising for many advocates, organizations and individuals that see poverty every day, it succeeds in painting a shocking picture ..Read More
Advantage Court Ruling: Bad for Homeless NYers, Bad for Taxpayers, but There’s a Better Solution Posted on September 15, 2011 by Patrick Markee As we reported here yesterday, A New York State Supreme Court judge rules late Tuesday against plaintiffs in a lass-action lawsuit challenging the City’s attempt to cut off Advantage rent subsidies for more than 12,000 formerly-homeless households. The ..Read More
Advantage Tenants: Important Update Posted on September 14, 2011 by Giselle Routhier We are sorry to report that the trial court ruled yesterday afternoon that New York City has “no ongoing obligation, contractual or otherwise, to continue the Advantage program.” See the Reuters news article here. HOWEVER, for now, the appellate i ..Read More
