Will Trump Make NYC Homelessness Worse? Posted on March 23, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Chronicle President Trump’s 2018 federal budget recommendations, released last Thursday, include deep cuts to programs geared toward aiding low-income, urban, elderly and storm-ravaged citizens, sparking fear and fury across the city about what they would mean for the ..Read More
Why It’s So Hard to Stop Being Homeless in New York Posted on March 22, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Magazine At 7 a.m., Donice Ford-Benson is working in the rain on the unfinished 17th floor of 550 Vanderbilt. She’s checking a drain system but pauses for a moment because, even in the downpour, she can’t resist taking in the panorama of Downtown Brooklyn. The spot ..Read More
Harder for Homeless to Enter N.Y.C. Shelters, Report Finds Posted on March 21, 2017 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times More homeless families are being denied permanent shelter in New York City, and many are being forced to reapply multiple times before the city finds them eligible to enter the system — two trends that burden already fragile families, according to a new repo ..Read More
Four NYC Borough Presidents Urge Cuomo to Back Rent Subsidy Plan to Battle Homelessness Posted on March 22, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Four of the city’s five borough presidents are calling on Gov. Cuomo to back a rent subsidy plan designed to crack down on homelessness. Eric Adams of Brooklyn, Ruben Diaz Jr. of the Bronx, Melinda Katz of Queens and Gale Brewer of Manhattan weighed in with ..Read More
Cuomo, Keep Your Word on Housing for the Homeless Posted on March 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Journal News Mother Nature has uncanny timing and a powerful way of getting her message across. The blizzard dubbed Stella intervened as our leaders in Albany attempted to discuss critical funding that would help thousands of New Yorkers escape chronic homelessness. It was ..Read More
A Statewide Solution to New York’s Housing Crisis Posted on March 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's In a lawsuit brought by The Legal Aid Society 30 years ago, Jiggetts v. Grinker, the state’s highest court ruled that poor families with minor children were entitled to a basic rent subsidy from the state to help keep them from becoming homeless. Eventually ..Read More
Supportive Housing Advocates Nudge Cuomo, Using His Words Posted on March 17, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in State of Politics Advocates for supportive housing on Friday are releasing a social media ad urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to back $2 billion in funding for supportive housing construction in New York. And they are using Cuomo’s own words from Thursday’s Help USA event with form ..Read More
Helping the Homeless Find Affordable Homes Posted on March 15, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital Tonight Much of the discussion over homelessness has centered around what New York City officials are doing. But some lawmakers have also been working on state-level action, including a rental-assistance program to close the gap between existing subsidies and the typi ..Read More
How This 17-Year-Old is Fighting Stereotypes About Homeless Youth Posted on March 15, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Teen Vogue Rosemary Rodriguez is 17, and a recipient of the 2017 Children’s Defense Fund-New York’s “Beat the Odds” college scholarship, which recognizes New York City teens who have overcome adversity in their personal lives. For over two years, Rosemary lived i ..Read More
