Bratton: Media Attention Worsening Man’s Schizophrenia Posted on July 15, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York The homeless man whose picture has appeared several times on the cover of the New York Post because of his habit of urinating in public is a schizophrenic whose symptoms are being exacerbated by all the media attention, police commissioner Bill Bratton said We ..Read More
Inside the Notorious Privately Run Homeless Shelter That Costs NYC Millions Posted on July 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist After five years in a two-bedroom apartment at a privately run homeless shelter in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Merlinda Fernandez is getting her own apartment at Marcus Garvey Village in Brownsville. The low-income complex has problems with crime, concentrated ..Read More
The Homeless Man Who Graduated Harvard Law With John Roberts Posted on July 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post The judge settled his gaze on the homeless man accused of sleeping beside an office building in downtown Washington. It was a Saturday afternoon in early April at D.C. Superior Court, and Alfred Postell, a diagnosed schizophrenic, stood before Judge Thomas Mot ..Read More
De Blasio Celebrates Most New Affordable Housing Units in 25 Years Posted on July 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo The almost 8,500 affordable apartments finalized or under construction during the 2015 fiscal year were the most new units created in 25 years, city officials said Monday. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement on Summit Avenue in The Bronx where a $17 mil ..Read More
City Fights to Stem Annual Tide of Summer Family Homelessness Posted on July 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette New York City is home to about 10 percent of the homeless population in the United States. By the end of 2014, the number of homeless in the city’s shelters reached a historic high of nearly 60,000 that included 25,849 children. But since the start of th ..Read More
Ask a Native New Yorker Posted on July 13, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Are you relatively new to this bustling metropolis? Don’t be shy about it, everyone was new to New York once upon a time, except, of course, those battle-hardened residents who’ve lived here their whole lives and Know It All. One of these lifers wo ..Read More
Assembly Leads Fight for Increased Supportive Housing Posted on July 10, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Press Release New York State Assembly Social Services Chair Andrew Hevesi today released a bi-partisan letter to Governor Cuomo signed by 133 members calling for the development of 35,000 new units of supportive housing by 2025 to address the state’s growing homelessn ..Read More
The Lazarus Effect: Team Tracks Down Homeless People in Need of Mental Health Medication Posted on July 12, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Miami Herald It’s just after 8 a.m., and Lazaro Trueba and Ivan Romero are driving around downtown with a pack of Clipper cigars and a stash of psychotropic pills in search of “Bigfoot.” At around 6-foot-6, he’s hard to miss. But after two decades living on the str ..Read More
Is Homelessness Really Falling? Probably Not Posted on July 2, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Huffington Post According to government data, the number of homeless people sleeping on the streets has fallen by 32% since 2007. Officials have interpreted the downward trend as evidence that we have finally learned what it takes to solve homelessness. Are they right? Probab ..Read More
