Number of Homeless Single Adults in NYC Has Risen 95 Percent in a Decade Posted on August 1, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post A record number of single adults are homeless in New York City. On a given night, 14,222 single adults ― meaning they are not part of a family ― seek out homeless shelters in NYC, Giselle Routhier, policy director for the Coalition for the Homeless, told T ..Read More
The Rise of K2: The Drug is Legal, Dangerous – And Can’t Be Stopped Posted on August 1, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Guardian Beauty has seizures, and she worries about what she’ll be doing when the next one occurs. She was lucky with the first: she was in bed asleep next to her boyfriend, who woke to the bed shaking and was quick to pry his 24-year-old girlfriend’s jaw open to p ..Read More
Cuomo Must Keep His Promise to the Homeless Posted on July 28, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Slant New York City and communities across New York state are struggling with a devastating crisis. Roughly 60,000 New Yorkers confront homelessness every night in our city – and that number increases to more than 80,000 statewide. In January, faced with images of ..Read More
Homeless Issue Needs a Year-Round Focus Posted on July 21, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Poughkeepsie Journal When Gov. Andrew Cuomo haphazardly deemed that all of the homeless must be taken off the streets when temperatures dropped below freezing last winter, he created confusion. Some localities said they weren’t prepared and didn’t have the resources to honor a ..Read More
The Return of American Hunger Posted on July 19, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Atlantic By a handful of indicators—unemployment rates, overall economic growth, even average hourly earnings—the U.S. economy isn’t doing so badly right now. And yet, when it comes to the number of Americans who go hungry, it’s almost like the recovery never h ..Read More
Violence Against Homeless People is on Decline in U.S.: Report Posted on July 19, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post Violence against homeless people is on the decline in the U.S., but the nature of such crimes hasn’t changed much, according to a new report. Last year, there were 77 reported attacks against homeless people, according to the National Coalition for the Homel ..Read More
A Hunger Crisis in the L.G.B.T. Community Posted on July 18, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans are more visible than ever before. Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, and the talk show host Ellen DeGeneres are gay. Kate Brown of Oregon is the first openly bisexual governor. The Olympic gold medalist and t ..Read More
Advocates Critique City, State on Homeless Policy Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits It wasn’t until the waning days of his mayoralty that Mayor Bloomberg was held accountable for his failure to meet his goal of a major reduction in homelessness. The scrutiny of Mayor de Blasio’s shortcomings came earlier and from multiple sources: ..Read More
K2, Other Synthetic Marijuana Products Harming Low-Income Communities Posted on July 12, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Synthetic marijuana is not like traditional marijuana; in fact, it’s not even made from a plant. Synthetic marijuana — like K2 — is a hazardous mix of industrial chemicals combined to imitate the effects of THC, the naturally occurring active compoun ..Read More
