Advocates Urge de Blasio to Reinstate $10.3M in City Budget to Provide Crucial Services for Homeless Kids Posted on April 19, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio must restore $10.3 million to the upcoming city budget for critical services for homeless kids, advocates and families insist. De Blasio included the money in his 2017 budget as part of a $30 million package of services for homeless families, b ..Read More
Evictions Aren’t the Answer, Say Advocates, After Investigations Dept. Slams NYCHA Posted on April 19, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits Criminal justice advocates are hoping to head-off the crackdown against NYCHA tenants that the city’s Department of Investigation endorsed in a report last month. In an investigation released March 28, DOI alleged that the public-housing authority is too len ..Read More
Living by the Girl Scout Law, Even Without a Home Posted on April 16, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The girls streamed into what once served as a dining room at a Sleep Inn in Queens, ready to begin their meeting with a roll call. One by one came the names: “Jessica. Luz,” recited Karina, a fifth grader. “Carmen?” The room was small enough that Karin ..Read More
How Homelessness Has Worsened in the City Posted on April 16, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Giselle Routhier from the Coalition for the Homeless and George Nashak from HELP USA talk about why the City’s homeless problem has worsened over the years. ..Read More
Shelter Rules Hurt the Homeless Posted on April 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Locking the shelter door is no solution to the homeless crisis (“Shelter for the needy,” editorial, April 7). New restrictions for homeless families desperately seeking shelter are not merely weeding out the less needy, they are making the lives of homeles ..Read More
Thousands of Working New Yorkers Are Living in Homeless Shelters Posted on April 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal Donna Morgan is dreaming about shrimp and okra, deviled eggs with onions, and porgy. It has been a long day at work, and the 51-year-old Manhattan health aide is yearning for the taste of home. Instead, she likely will pick up some fast food and return to the ..Read More
Shelly Nortz on Housing and Homelessness Posted on April 11, 2017 by Nicole Edine Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy with the Coalition for the Homeless, takes a victory lap for homelessness support and supportive housing in the budget. ..Read More
A Journey From Real ‘World’ to Homeless Shelter — and College Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Preston Roberson-Charles is studying economics at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens. Well spoken and charming, he wears gray Warby Parker glasses and keeps his jeans fashionably rolled at the ankle. Not exactly the stereotype of a homeles ..Read More
Housing and Homelessness Posted on April 4, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in WCNY Today, the Warren M. Anderson Breakfast series, which is put on by the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, looked at homelessness and housing issues in the state. Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for Policy with the Coalition for the Homeless, a ..Read More
