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A new report, which finds that New York City would save hundreds of millions of dollars a year by providing a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction, has added new urgency and optimism to a campaign to pass a bill that would establish such a right. The b ..Read More

More than 60,000 people are homeless in New York right now, according to the Coalition for Homeless—and more than a third of those in need of shelter are children. Need a primer on how to help quell this epidemic? We’ve rounded up some of the city’s top ..Read More

Poverty’s harsh effects on health start before babies are born and pile up throughout their adult lives. With stressed-filled homes, shaky nutrition, toxic environments and health-care gaps of every kind, kids in very low-income families may never catch ..Read More

Five bills will be introduced in the New York City Council on Wednesday that aim to tackle the problem of unregulated flophouses catering to addicts, people with mental illnesses and others who are trying to avoid homeless shelters. The flophouses, known as � ..Read More

Wilson Silva said he knew the homeless situation at Pennsylvania Station had grown “out of hand” when he found a man in raggedy clothing sleeping on a couch inside the shop he manages, Drago Shoe Repair, in the rail terminal’s upper level. “There’s m ..Read More

Uncertainty, struggle and stigma are just some of the threads that knit together the shared experiences of the homeless community. But for women who are homeless, there are several unique challenges only they know: What it’s like to have a period without ..Read More

The city has cut the number of code violations in its traditional homeless shelters by 44%, Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday. But privately-owned “cluster” sites, which the city is trying to get rid of, continue to be in tough shape. At non-cluster shelters, ..Read More

Every few years, it becomes more and more expensive to ride the New York City subway. Last year*, the cost of a single ride increased by 10 percent, from $2.50 to $2.75. For many New Yorkers, this fare hike is a small price to pay for more reliable service and ..Read More

Homeless advocacy groups have generally praised the policy recommendations Mayor de Blasio announced Monday after his administration’s 90-day review of existing programs. But they do have a few suggestions of how the plan could be even better. Advocates ..Read More