Some Homeless New Yorkers Choose the Street Over a Shelter Posted on December 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal At Penn Station, dozens of homeless people sat quietly amid the Christmas decorations as travelers headed home for the holidays. If New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has his way, they and others who camp out on city streets will be moved into shelters as the city ..Read More
City Pledges New School Buses After I-Team Exposes Homeless Kids Forced to Take Long Subway Trips Posted on December 25, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NBC New York Hundreds of new school buses are on the way to homeless children after an I-Team report last month exposed some students in shelters traveling more than four hours a day on subways just to get to and from school. In an exclusive interview, Mayor de Blasio said ..Read More
Ending the Revolving Door of Homelessness Posted on December 28, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette While Mayor Bill de Blasio works on the details of a 15-year, $2.6 billion supportive housing program to address homelessness, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is creating a statewide plan to reduce homelessness. New York should draw on approaches that have helped in the pas ..Read More
Finally, Urgency on New York’s Homeless Posted on December 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times In the final days of his second year in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio has stirred himself to greater action on homelessness. Under fire for months over a problem that he had promised long ago to solve — but one that he seemed inclined to dismiss or play down, ..Read More
Upstate NY Groups Sheltering Homeless Call for More Housing Posted on December 22, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press Organizations that shelter homeless people in the greater Albany area say they’re overflowing on the coldest nights and are calling on the governor and Legislature to back 35,000 more units of supportive housing statewide over the next decade, including ..Read More
City Controller Audit Finds 87% of Homeless Units Threaten Residents’ Health or Safety Posted on December 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The city is putting families with kids in dangerous homeless shelters plagued by rats, mold, and broken windows, an audit by the City Controller found. Scott Stringer’s inspectors checked out 101 randomly selected shelter units across the city and found a wh ..Read More
Outreach Teams Fan Out in NYC as 3 Homeless Prepare to Sue Posted on December 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press As members of the city’s new homeless outreach team fanned out Monday in a campaign to persuade people to leave the streets, three homeless New Yorkers filed paperwork to sue over an unrelated effort to remove them, saying police wrongly tossed identifyi ..Read More
Audit Finds New York City Shelters in Poor Shape Posted on December 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal Thousands of families in New York City shelters are still living in “appalling” conditions nine months after a city report called for major improvements, Comptroller Scott Stringer said. An audit from Mr. Stringer released Monday found that the city had pl ..Read More
Cuomo, Talking City Homelessness, Holds Out on Specific Plans Posted on December 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York In an interview Monday on the Brian Lehrer show, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined to directly criticize Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of homelessness in New York City, instead leaving his criticisms veiled while promising a full homelessness plan in his upcoming ..Read More
