City Council Ramps Up Pressure on Cuomo Over Homeless Issue Posted on January 7, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Kings County Politics The City Council in a resolution yesterday called on the state to match the City’s commitment to create thousands of supportive units of housing earmarked for the homeless. The resolution comes days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would take unilateral actio ..Read More
Keys, Not Cuffs Posted on January 7, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Awl This week, as temperatures in New York City dipped below freezing for the first time this winter, Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to remember that there are homeless people—not only in New York City, but in cities around the state—and issued an apparently u ..Read More
De Blasio Visits Manhattan Homeless Shelter Posted on January 8, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News As he grapples with the city’s homeless crisis, Mayor de Blasio took an up close look Thursday night. De Blasio spent nearly two hours visiting one of the city’s largest shelters, the 30th Street Intake Center, also known as the Bellevue Shelter, c ..Read More
Mayor Aims to Fix Troubled New York City Homeless Shelter System Posted on January 6, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press As New York City grapples with its homelessness crisis, many of those sleeping on the street have said they’d prefer to be outside than contend with the city’s at-times overburdened, dirty and even dangerous shelter system. Mayor Bill de Blasio, wh ..Read More
Bill de Blasio to Launch Plan to Fix Homeless Shelters Posted on January 6, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News No wonder the homeless prefer frigid sidewalks to city shelters. City-run lodging for homeless families has become a wretched refuge, plagued by thousands of serious code violations, a comprehensive new report by Controller Scott Stringer has found. The report ..Read More
If New York Really Wants to Help the Homeless Posted on January 6, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a surprise executive order over the weekend about homeless people in freezing weather. It was a little confusing. It instructed officials and social service agencies across the state “to take all necessary steps” to find homeless p ..Read More
NY Governor’s Homeless Order Does Little in New York City on First Night Posted on January 5, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Reuters New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order to move all homeless people off of the streets during frigid nights had scant impact in New York City on its first day on Tuesday other than fuel an ongoing political battle with Mayor Bill de Blasio, advocates said ..Read More
Panel on Homelessness Talks Controlling a Crisis Posted on January 5, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Errol Louis talked about the statewide debate on homelessness with a special panel of experts: Mary Brosnahan, President and CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless, Arvernetta Henry of Picture the Homeless and Stephan Russo, Executive Director of the Goddard Ri ..Read More
As Temperatures Plunge, Call to Keep New York’s Homeless Off Streets Has Little Impact Posted on January 5, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says the plight of homeless people on freezing city streets is a moral issue that demands immediate action. Mayor Bill de Blasio promises that New York City workers are out looking for anyone in danger and are there to offer help. But even ..Read More
