‘New Crack’ Hurts the Homeless — and Those Serving Them Posted on August 26, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Nonprofit Media A grizzled man with a white-streaked beard collapsed into a heap on the sidewalk. “This is the K2 capital of the world, right here,” an FDNY lieutenant said, shaking his head as he called in an ambulance Friday on Lexington Avenue just south of 125th Stree ..Read More
Mark-Viverito Unveils Nearly $1 Million in Funding to Curb Veteran Homelessness Posted on August 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced a $940,000 initiative on Thursday to support veteran homeless prevention, job placement, legal and mental health services. In an announcement at the Project Renewal homeless men shelter in Lower Manhattan, M ..Read More
New York Relies on Housing Program It Deplores as Homeless Ranks Swell Posted on August 28, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Beyond the unlocked front doors of 60 Clarkson Avenue in Brooklyn, the lobby is a half-lit cavern, its ornate plaster moldings and patterned floor smeared with dirt. The windows gape onto a courtyard dense with weeds and trash. On the days when it comes at all ..Read More
A Dent in NYC’s Complex Homeless Problem Posted on August 26, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork On the surface, this summer’s decline in the number of people living in the subway system is a positive sign, but the decrease barely makes a dent in the homeless problem that plagues the city. Far more must be done. In the first year of an effort by the ..Read More
Number of Homeless School Children in NYC Soars to 87,000, New Report Reveals Posted on August 26, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News About 87,000 New York City school children were living in homeless shelters or temporary housing in the 2013-2014 school year, according to a new report on the latest available figures. The number has shot up a whopping 71% since 2007-2008, when about 51,000 h ..Read More
How Much Money Do U.S. Families Need to Get By? Posted on August 26, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CBS Moneywatch How much money do Americans need to maintain a modest standard of living, where families don’t struggle to put food on the table or pay the rent? In most large U.S. cities, meeting that basic level of economic security requires income that’s far be ..Read More
What People in One of America’s Richest Neighborhoods Say About the Homeless When They Think No One’s Watching Posted on August 25, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in AlterNet The photo shows a tiny blonde woman sitting on the sidewalk in front of a newsstand, wearing combat boots and striped blue-and-white socks pulled over her ankles. A dog is sleeping beside her, partly obscuring a sign that reads, “Anything helps.” N ..Read More
MSNBC Host Who Doesn’t Live in NYC Blames de Blasio for “Homeless Epidemic” Posted on August 25, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist This morning, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough insisted that NYC has gone back into the bad old days, parroting the counterfactual narrative dished out by the tabloids in the dog days of summer. “Have we noticed what’s happened to the city? The homeles ..Read More
New York City Struggles to Keep Up With High Homeless Numbers Posted on August 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NPR Eight months after homelessness hit a record in New York City, you can still see the need of the city’s most vulnerable in Tompkins Square Park. “Good morning! Two pieces?” asks Mario Cornejo, as he places slices of frosted banana bread on pa ..Read More
