More New York City Students are Living in Shelters. Here’s the Story of One Family. Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork The school routine starts early for Natasha G. and her two sons. She wakes up at 6:30 a.m., and starts dressing her youngest, who is 4, while he’s still asleep. She badgers her older son, 6, to get up and get ready. Her 6-year-old’s school is conveniently ..Read More
De Blasio Housing Czar Personally Tells Developers to House Homeless in Affordable Units Posted on October 27, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's New York Business A top de Blasio official has been calling developers of affordable rental buildings about a new regulation that would require them to house homeless families—the administration’s latest attempt to stem the city’s record-setting shelter population ..Read More
New York Assemblymembers Will Seek Laws in 2017 to Help Homeless Pre-K Kids Stay in School Posted on October 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Three state lawmakers say they will push a package of bills in the 2017 legislative session designed to make it easier for homeless preschool kids to get an education. The renewed effort comes after the city Independent Budget Office recently issued a report o ..Read More
New York City’s Unemployment Rate Rises Posted on October 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal The robust New York City economy hit a speed bump in September as the unemployment rate rose sharply, state Labor Department figures show. The 5.8% rate in September is far below the average levels over the last decade, but up from 5.2% in September 2015. The ..Read More
Beware of Tactics Landlords Use to Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenants Posted on October 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo When Sarah Burns received a lease renewal from the landlord of her West Harlem apartment last year, she noticed something strange about the document: her name wasn’t on it. Despite having been on the lease for the rent-stabilized apartment for 8 years, t ..Read More
No Community is Off-Limits to Shelter NYC’s Homeless Posted on October 19, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork The refrain is the same in communities across New York City: not here. From Maspeth to Rockaway Beach, from East Elmhurst to Sunset Park, community members and local politicians are protesting NYC’s efforts to house homeless individuals and families in hotel ..Read More
Honest Talk About a Profound Problem: How New York City is Taking Strong Steps to Help the Homeless Posted on October 19, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The Daily News Editorial Board, pointing to recent conflict, wrongfully asserted that my administration has made shelters too accessible — yet offered no real proposal on how to protect those on the edge of homelessness. Unfortunately, this position has cons ..Read More
Homelessness Among NYC Schoolkids Surges as Population Tops 100,000 Posted on October 17, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Nearly one in 10 city schoolkids was homeless during the school year that ended in June, representing a whopping 22% jump in homelessness over the year before, the Daily News has learned. A staggering 105,445 homeless students attended city schools in the 2015 ..Read More
New to the Neighborhood Posted on October 17, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Nonprofit Media A fear among neighborhood residents that new homeless shelters will bring unfamiliar people – some of them desperate or addicted to drugs or mentally ill – into their community is not a new phenomenon. But with the ranks of the homeless sleeping in shelter ..Read More
