After four days, the police were still struggling to identify one of the four homeless men who were brutally killed in Chinatown on Saturday, and questions abounded about how the others ended up sleeping ... Read More
The two of us — one, a formerly homeless, formerly incarcerated New Yorker and the other, the state assemblywoman for the district where the terrible crime took place — began the week at a vigil ... Read More
One of the people making the call for urgent action to help get homeless individuals off the streets after this weekend’s deadly attack is Giselle Routhier, policy director for the Coalition for the ... Read More
A modest gathering inside City Hall Park Thursday evening aimed at raising awareness to New York City’s ongoing homeless crisis and the desperate need for more affordable housing. This was organized ... Read More
In the summer of 1988, Chris Henry, a homeless man, was riding the city subways when he noticed a flier advertising an annual "sleep out" protest to call attention to homelessness at City Hall Park. Henry ... Read More
When Mayor Bill de Blasio was elected mayor in 2013, advocates for the homeless saw him as a leader who could bring meaningful change to New York City’s affordable-housing crisis. They were so convinced ... Read More