Homeless People in New York City Won’t be Allowed to Sleep on the Subway This Winter Posted on October 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Fusion As winter comes around in New York, the city’s police commissioner Bill Bratton said this week that police will be cracking down on homeless people trying to take shelter in the subway system. “Subways are not homeless shelters, and the homeless will not b ..Read More
Being Poor is Too Expensive Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Lifehacker Some think that being poor is simple. You don’t have enough money to buy a lot of stuff, so you’re forced to buy less stuff. But that’s not really how it works. When you’re broke, you can’t do all the little things that will improve your budget over ..Read More
A More Cost-Effective Adult Homeless Services System Posted on October 22, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette Last week, the New York City Independent Budget Office published a fiscal brief -Albany Shifts the Burden: As the Cost for Sheltering the Homeless Rises, Federal & City Funds Are Increasingly Tapped- detailing the financing of city homeless shelters from 2 ..Read More
Mary Brosnahan on CUNY TV: Tony Guida’s NY Posted on October 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CUNY TV Tony Guida’s wish for Mary Brosnahan is that the organization she heads, The Coalition for the Homeless, would “go out of business.” Not likely, soon, but dedicated people continue to explore ways to reduce and hopefully, end homelessness in ..Read More
Deaf people in NYC Homeless Shelters Will Gain Access to Sign Language Interpreters Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The city’s Department of Homeless Services agreed Tuesday to provide sign language interpreters to deaf people living in homeless shelters — ending a pair of lawsuits that charged the city was discriminating against the hearing-impaired. The settlement ros ..Read More
De Blasio Signs Bills Criminalizing Sale of K2 Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation Tuesday that will criminalize the sale and production of K2, a drug sold in bodegas and convenience stores that has ravaged the homeless populations in East Harlem for months, and has been directly responsible for at lea ..Read More
The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Does welfare corrupt the poor? Few ideas are so deeply ingrained in the American popular imagination as the belief that government aid for poor people will just encourage bad behavior. The proposition is particularly cherished on the conservative end of the sp ..Read More
In Effort to Ensure Sound Education, City Battles Student Homelessness Posted on October 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette This summer saw the city’s street homeless population become a tabloid sensation, with Mayor de Blasio seemingly forced into addressing the increase in homeless people on New York sidewalks. With shelters overflowing despite the city opening dozens of new on ..Read More
Working Full Time and Living in Abject Poverty Posted on October 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Alternet Have you noticed how often conservatives who disagree with a policy proposal call it a “job killer?” They’re especially incensed about proposals to raise the federal minimum wage. They claim it will force employers to lay off workers worth hiring at the ..Read More
