NYPD Destroyed Birth Certificates, Medication, IDs in East Harlem Homeless Raid Posted on October 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist On the evening of October 1st, as the temperature dipped into the 50s and a steady rain began to fall, Floyd Parks and a few other homeless men and women sought shelter under the overhang at Choir Academy, a public school in East Harlem. The rain was still fal ..Read More
He Fought City Hall Over the Homeless. Now He’s Battling From the Inside Posted on October 9, 2015 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times Late this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio assembled a group of advocates for homeless people at City Hall; it was time for damage control — again. The homeless issue was continuing to spiral out of control: the number in New York City shelters was stuck stubbor ..Read More
New York City Apartments are Getting Even More Crowded Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CityLab Apartment overcrowding both stems from and feeds into New York City’s affordable housing crisis, according to a new report by the city comptroller’s office. The report finds an alarming rise in the share of overcrowded housing units from 2005 to 2013. Here ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Residents Say Landlords are Refusing Their City Rent Vouchers Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CBS New York The latest battle to get homeless people off the streets has pitted those in shelters against their potential landlords. As CBS2’s Jessica Schneider reported, a city program that literally gives free rent money to the homeless is being scoffed at by apartmen ..Read More
Report: City Schools Have Large Homeless, Special Ed Populations Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York New York City has massive numbers of New York City schoolchildren living in temporary housing, as well as a large and growing special education population, according to an Independent Budget Office report released Tuesday. The large population of high-needs st ..Read More
New York Must Commit to a Program to Provide Permanent Housing for the Homeless Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Buffalo News On Sept. 22, more than 500 people came to the Buffalo Convention Center for the 7th Annual Project Homeless Connect, a day when those experiencing a housing crisis can access more than 130 service providers in one location. During this event, the Homeless Alli ..Read More
NYC Housing is Nearly Three Times as Crowded as National Average: Study Posted on October 5, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo Feeling a little cramped in your apartment? You’re not alone. Nearly 1.5 million New Yorkers lived in 272,533 crowded dwellings in 2013, according to a study released Monday by city comptroller Scott Stringer. The New York City Department of Housing Pres ..Read More
Why is the NYPD’s ‘Warrant Squad’ Still Raiding Homeless Shelters? Posted on October 1, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Vice It happens before dawn. Between the hours of 3 and 5 AM, a small force of officers from the New York Police Department arrive at homeless shelters across the city. According to the people who sleep there, the cops ask the Department of Homeless Services employ ..Read More
‘We’re Not Trash:’ Homeless People Fight Stigma in Moving Video Posted on October 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Huffington Post Homelessness is on the decline in the U.S., but people who are still living without shelter say the raging stigma they face hasn’t changed much at all. BuzzFeed recently interviewed a number of homeless people to give them the chance to address the standard ..Read More
