De Blasio Holds Out ‘Hope’ for State Partnership on Homelessness Posted on January 12, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced the formation of a task force made up of a “brain trust” of nonprofit homeless services providers to help the city with its plans to create 15,000 units of supportive housing for the city’s homeless and mentally ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Starts Task Force to Help Build 15,000 Apartments for the Formerly Homeless Posted on January 12, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio announced a new task force to help him build 15,000 units of supportive housing Tuesday, the latest in a slew of announcements to show he’s on top of the city’s homelessness crisis. The announcement came a day ahead of Gov. Cuomo’s St ..Read More
New York City to Double the Amount of Homeless Drop-In Centers Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in WABC Monday, the New York City announced that it will spend $8-million to double its number of homeless drop-in centers. A homeless drop-in center on 30th Street close to 8th Avenue has no beds, but homeless New Yorkers can sleep a bit, eat there, take a shower, an ..Read More
Council to Assess Hunger Problem, City Efforts to Reduce It Posted on January 12, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette The City Council’s Committee on General Welfare will hold an oversight hearing on hunger in New York City on Wednesday morning at City Hall. Council Member Stephen Levin, the chair of the general welfare committee, told Gotham Gazette he and his colleagues w ..Read More
With Favorable Start, de Blasio Claims ‘Momentum’ on Affordable Housing Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York The de Blasio administration announced on Monday that it has financed 40,204 below-market-rate apartments since taking office in 2014, a figure that puts it on pace to meet its 10-year goal of building or preserving 200,000 units by 2024. The total includes 13 ..Read More
How One Man’s Death Launched a Street-Homelessness Aid Project Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York On a cold December day in 2009, a 32-year old man was brought to Bellevue Hospital. By then, everyone recognized “Joe.” Joe (not his real name) was chronically homeless and had been to Bellevue’s emergency room 430 times during the prior three ye ..Read More
No Backspace: Fear and Loathing of Our Homeless Neighbors Posted on January 8, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits St. Joseph’s Church, in Prospect Heights, was full of angry Brooklynites. It was 2002, and a significant portion of the neighborhood was still industrial, including empty lots filled with barrels of chemical waste. But the outraged crowd was there to pro ..Read More
NYC Homeless: From the Hopeless to Those on Cusp of Jobs Posted on January 10, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press As New York City grapples with a surge in homelessness, both the city and state governments have unveiled urgent measures to reach out to people living on the street and try to persuade them to move to shelters. The Associated Press interviewed several dozen h ..Read More
New York to Add 300 Shelter Beds for Homeless Young People Posted on January 8, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio, in his latest attempt to address New York City’s homelessness crisis, unveiled a plan on Friday to add 300 shelter beds for older teenagers, an age group that advocates say is underserved and especially vulnerable to suicide and sex tra ..Read More
