Category: News

While 58,761 homeless New Yorkers slept in shelters each night this past June, why aren’t more doing the same? ..Read More

An apparent rise in the numbers of panhandlers on the streets and people setting up encampments on sidewalks is highlighting City Hall’s struggles to address homelessness and testing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pledge to reduce income inequality ..Read More

The city plans to spend $5 million to inspect three-quarter homes, repair problems and move people out. ..Read More

For many families in public housing, it is a rite of passage to one day move into private rentals or buy their own homes. But in another sign of the affordability challenges facing New Yorkers, many others are staying longer, if not for life, even when making ..Read More

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