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The City Council Committee on General Welfare will hold an oversight hearing on Wednesday Dec. 9 on the de Blasio administration’s efforts to address New York’s “homelessness crisis.” Though a great deal of political controversy has surrounded the issu ..Read More

A group of more than 250 clergy are calling on Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio to come together on a new deal to provide more supportive housing to address the city’s growing homeless problem. In a letter sent to both men, the faith leaders noted de Blasi ..Read More

Laura Nahmias, who reports on City Hall for POLITICO New York, looks at the conflict between the mayor and the governor over funding for the city’s homeless. Nahmias explains how, in the past, the state and the city used to share costs for homeless servi ..Read More

One of the worst things about being homeless was getting caught in the rain. Milan Chapman, 22, who was sometimes drenched for weeks at a time, said of her time on the street, “Just wet, always wet.” To numb herself from the elements and from her own gloom ..Read More

A group of Manhattan residents are calling on the Archdiocese of New York to turn the dozens of churches it closed earlier this year into homeless shelters. Instead of keeping them vacant or selling them for millions, the group — eight friends, most of whom ..Read More

As the city gears up a multibillion-dollar push to house the homeless, officials are showcasing plans to turn an empty South Bronx lot into apartments enhanced with help for residents contending with mental illness. City first lady Chirlane McCray joined in Tu ..Read More

As the city presses landlords to take in homeless families, some have decided it’s okay to illegally refuse to rent to tenants who get government aid, the city controller has found. A disturbing pattern has emerged on Craigslist of landlords openly warning o ..Read More

Marylene Marrero is a 37-year-old hairstylist who lives in Yonkers, New York. She has spent the past couple of years bouncing from apartment to apartment. In that time, there’s something she has held onto very tightly: a letter from the Municipal Housing ..Read More

Even as rates of homelessness decline nationally, the number of homeless continues to rise in many cities with high-cost housing markets, like New York City. While the cost of living in these cities has skyrocketed, wages remain stagnant for many low- and midd ..Read More