Category: News

For thousands of homeless people in New York City, many said that passing time on the street was more bearable than going through the shelter system. ..Read More

The long-term solution to New York City’s increasingly visible homeless population is to provide mental health care, not just put them behind bars, Police Commissioner William Bratton said Sunday. ..Read More

A decades-old shelter for homeless women is being ousted from Lafayette Street after the building that housed it for 27 years was sold to developers for $27 million, according to the shelter and city records. The sale was first reported by The Real Deal, which ..Read More

Here’s something that might surprise you about our city’s homeless crisis, as we’re reaching numbers not seen in more than 80 years: Close to a third of all homeless families are in fact employed, but their low wages can’t keep up with ..Read More

One evening last week, a restaurant owner in Washington Heights and two customers stood chatting on the sidewalk about the changes in the area over the last 25 years. The restaurateur, Peter Walsh, was telling the people, who were coming from a hospital on 168 ..Read More

New York is set to begin a $30 million program aimed at providing mental health services to low-income residents with little or no access to care. The program, Connections to Care, will tap existing community organizations that reach low-income residents but a ..Read More

Not even halfway through his first term, New York’s populist mayor is surprising his many skeptics by making headway on his top—and likely toughest—policy goal. Having pledged to build or preserve affordable housing on the unprecedented scale and pac ..Read More

In urban centers around the country, rental prices are soaring. Cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City routinely report double-digit increases that make it nearly impossible for residents to make ends meet. But it’s not just dwellers of those ..Read More

Stand outside the emergency-room entrance to Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn any day of the week and you’ll see them. Sometimes alone, but more often in pairs, they get rolled through the sliding glass door and parked in the air-conditioned lobb ..Read More