100 Homeless New Yorkers to be Honored for Graduating From NYC Public High Schools Posted on June 25, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News More than 50,000 students will graduate from New York City high schools in the Class of 2016. But that special milestone may have the most meaning for 100 homeless grads who will be recognized Wednesday at a special ceremony in Manhattan for earning their dipl ..Read More
State Promises and City Progress on Homelessness Posted on June 24, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits It has been quite a year for homeless policy in New York City. It was last summer that the press frenzied over homeless encampments around the city, prompting a police crackdown. Then came the fall, and the mayor’s announcement he’d stop waiting fo ..Read More
Comptroller Finds Problems with Homeless Shelters as Advocates Say 1 Year of Funding is Not Enough Posted on June 23, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in WXXI News Some Homeless advocates are dismayed by what they say is Governor Cuomo’s failure at the end of the legislative session to follow through with promises to fund five years worth of new supportive housing and other services for the homeless. Their complaints c ..Read More
Advocates Fault Cuomo For Broken Promise on New Housing Posted on June 23, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gay City News With the New York State legislative session ending without an agreement on how to spend billions that Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed be used to fight homelessness, advocates and their allies are pummeling the governor for breaking a promise. “The governor is ..Read More
Panel Talks Push to Get City to Provide Legal Counsel to NYers Facing Eviction Posted on June 23, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Inside City Hall Four members of a special panel joined Errol Louis in studio to talk about the push to get the city to provide legal counsel to New Yorkers facing eviction: Susanna Blankley, the Director of Community Action for Safe Apartments; Andrew Scherer, Policy Director ..Read More
Schneiderman to Announce Crackdown on Brokers Who Engage in Income Discrimination Posted on June 23, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico Two brokerage firms discriminated against prospective New York City tenants who were using rental assistance vouchers and have agreed to alter their practices, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will announce on Thursday. Through undercover phone calls f ..Read More
Food Pantries Address a Growing Hunger Problem at Colleges Posted on June 22, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Tucked away in a discreet office at Brooklyn College’s Student Center, beyond the pool tables and wide-screen TVs where her classmates congregate, Rebecca Harmata discovered a lifeline. A psychology major who works in a doctor’s office to pay for her educa ..Read More
NYC’s Population of Homeless Families With Kids is at Record High, and is Expected to Climb in the Summer Posted on June 21, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Homelessness among families with children is at a record high — and the de Blasio administration has begun prepping for an even greater surge this summer. The number of families with kids in shelters reached an average of 12,338 a night in May — up from th ..Read More
State Releases Small Portion of $2B Promised for Housing Posted on June 21, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Real Estate Weekly State officials approved $150 million in funding for affordable and supportive housing, a fraction of the $2 billion in the state budget that Gov. Cuomo promised for such projects. At the end of the legislative session over the weekend, Cuomo, along with Assem ..Read More
