Category: News

As is his wont, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has recently taken a keen interest in muscling his way into New York City issues. Cuomo demonstrated his crisis-management acumen by elbowing Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city Department of Health to take control of a Legionna ..Read More

This week is the annual conference of the Community Action Partnership, the national trade association representing the more than 1,000 local community action agencies that are the inheritors and guardians of our nation’s commitment to the War on Poverty. Th ..Read More

While “The Rent Is Too Damn High” Party launched a few years ago as little more than a minor political party’s cry of protest, that phrase has since become de rigeur in serious discussions about affordable housing. On average, New York City residents ..Read More

For every 10,000 Americans, about 20 have no place to live. Across the country, that homeless population would be big enough to fill the 51st state. In good economic times and bad, the number of homeless remains difficult to push down. Courtney Kealy examines ..Read More

Are more people homeless in New York City than ever before? For many weeks the New York Post and other media have been running stories about people experiencing homelessness in the city, using increased homelessness as a measure of declining “quality of ..Read More

“You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you.” That right—enshrined in many minds thanks to repeat viewings of cop shows—comes with an asterisk: it applies only to criminal cases. But a growing coalition of ..Read More

It is no secret that there is a great rift between the NYPD Sergeant’s Benevolent Association (SBA) and the mayor. Although the SBA is entitled to its opinion, encouraging members to take photos of the homeless and post them online to insult the mayor’s po ..Read More

This week, members of the United Nations brought up the issue of increasing homelessness in New York. At about the same time, at a rally at City Hall Tuesday, Communities United for Police Reform, elected officials and a diverse group of homeless and anti-pove ..Read More

He never gave his name but did say that he was a hired hand with a traveling carnival over six weeks ago before getting fired during a dispute about contested wages. In his first unsheltered week he was rudely awoken in the wee hours by a violent kick to the g ..Read More