New York Voters Express Strong Support for More Federal Funding to Increase Affordable Housing to Address Homelessness Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Real Estate Rama The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and two of its state partners, the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information Service and the Supportive Housing Network of NY, released the findings of a state-wide public opinion poll that measured Ne ..Read More
Deputy Mayor Discusses Homelessness in City Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Errol Louis spoke to Deputy Mayor Liliam Barrios-Paoli about homelessness in the city, and how the de Blasio administration is working to help New Yorkers find shelter. ..Read More
As Major Chain of Three-Quarter Houses Enters Financial Ruin, NYC Scrambles to Find Homes for 800 Residents Posted on July 27, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News One of the city’s largest chains of three-quarter houses is on the verge of financial ruin, forcing the city to scramble for accommodations for as many as 800 down-and-out people. An expert hired to analyze Narco Freedom — whose owners are facing a lit ..Read More
A City for the Poor, Rich and In Between Posted on July 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times A year and a half into his mayoralty, it’s now Bill de Blasio’s New York. So is the city starting to look like the one he promised to build, one where the poor and the working class can afford to live? It depends on where you look. Last week Mr. de Blasio ..Read More
Navigating a Bureaucratic Maze to Renew Food Stamp Benefits Posted on July 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Three months after Delbert Shorter’s food stamps were cut off, he still does not know why. At first, he thought that his $180 a month allotment from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP or food stamps, was just late. Bu ..Read More
New York Acts to Mandate $15 Minimum Wage in Fast Food Posted on July 22, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City set off nearly four years ago has led to higher wages for workers all over the country. On Wednesday, it finally paid off for the people who started it. A panel appointed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuom ..Read More
The Diaper Dilemma: 30 Percent of Moms Can’t Afford Diapers Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Atlantic Infants use about 240 diapers per month. A year’s supply of diapers costs $936. That means a single mother mother working full time at the minimum wage can expect to spend 6 percent of her annual pay on Pampers alone. Meanwhile, the two biggest programs that ..Read More
A Golden Girl’s Legacy Brings Hope to LGBT Youth Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post Despite a slew of recent gay rights victories, advocates estimate that hundreds of thousands of LGBT teens around the country are still rejected by their families. A lot of these kids end up homeless in New York City, which has only about 100 beds dedicated to ..Read More
More Children are Living in Poverty Than Before the Recession Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Fortune According to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the economic recovery seems to be leaving one group in particular behind: children. 22% of American children, or more than 16 million kids, were living in poverty as of 2013, according to the report ..Read More
