Mayor Bloomberg’s “Advantage” Budget Strategy: Scare Tactics and Falsehoods Posted on March 14, 2011 by Patrick Markee Late last week Mayor Bloomberg and administration officials engaged in irresponsible scare tactics in their desperate attempts to defend the failed Advantage program. And as usual, they didn’t tell the whole story about how to genuinely help homeless fam ..Read More
Record Number of Families Denied Shelter Posted on March 10, 2011 by Giselle Routhier In what is one of the best pieces of investigative journalism in recent memory, WABC 7’s Sarah Wallace documents the plight of homeless families in applying for shelter in New York City. Her investigation documents what we hear every day at the Coalition ..Read More
Community Groups and Unions Launch Strong Economy for All Coalition Posted on March 9, 2011 by Sarah Murphy Press Release: Strong Economy for All Coalition Leaders of New York’s community groups and unions launched the Strong Economy for All Coalition Tuesday to press for policies to benefit working, middle-class and low income New Yorkers, including retaining ..Read More
Even MORE Evidence of the Failures of the Advantage Program Posted on March 8, 2011 by Patrick Markee Yesterday the New York Daily News published a comprehensive article on the failures of the Advantage program, with fresh evidence that the program is little more than a revolving door back to homelessness for vulnerable children and families. The article, w ..Read More
Documentary on Homeless Veterans Posted on March 4, 2011 by Sarah Murphy Watch Street Vets, a new full-length documentary by Issac Goeckeritz. The video chronicles a year in the life of ten homeless veterans living at a transitional housing facility and provides a candid view of the long-term scars of personal tragedy that, in man ..Read More
Coalition Testifies at NYS Health Budget Hearing Posted on March 3, 2011 by Sarah Murphy On March 3, Shelly Nortz of the Coalition for the Homeless Albany Office testified before the New York State Legislature regarding the 2011-2012 Executive Budget Proposal for Health. She underscored several of our recommendations to the Medicaid Redesign Tea ..Read More
Safety Net Winter 2011: Solutions Posted on March 2, 2011 by Sarah Murphy In this edition of Safety Net, we focus on solutions. In “Cuomo’s Potential: Reduce Homelessness” Shelly Nortz, our Deputy Executive Director for Policy, outlines five recommendations that would help Governor Cuomo to reduce homlessness, incl ..Read More
Bloomberg’s Budget Plan Would Cut Vital Services for Homeless and Poor New Yorkers Posted on February 18, 2011 by Patrick Markee Yesterday Mayor Bloomberg released his preliminary budget plan for FY 2012, which begins July 1st, and as predicted it includes sharp cutbacks to vital services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers. As a host of news organizations reported (see here, her ..Read More
Governor Cuomo’s proposed Advantage cut: an opportunity for reform Posted on February 16, 2011 by Giselle Routhier Three years after its inception, alarming new evidence shows how the Bloomberg administration’s flawed Advantage program is forcing rising numbers of formerly-homeless New York City children and families back into homelessness. Among the most troubling f ..Read More