NYC’s Record Homeless Population Seeks Shelter at LaGuardia Posted on March 10, 2015 by Martin Z. Braun in Bloomberg Business Volunteers of America, which has offices at LaGuardia and JFK, counted a monthly average of 45 chronic homeless people at LaGuardia in 2014, an 80 percent increase over the average month in 2011. On the coldest nights, as many as 50 took refuge at LaGuardia in ..Read More
NY’s Homeless Population Hits Record High as Poverty Explodes in America Posted on March 9, 2015 by J.D. Heyes in Epoch Times The homeless population in the nation’s largest city has exploded to an all-time high, forcing officials to provide shelter to desperate families in dilapidated tenements that have been identified by housing authorities as dangerous. ..Read More
To Human Traffickers, Runaway & Homeless Youth Are Walking Prey Posted on March 5, 2015 by Sen. Patrick Leahy and Holly Austin Smith in Huffington Post It is hard to think of a more despicable crime than the buying and selling of other human beings, especially children. Yet we know that it is happening right here in America, every day. Each year, thousands of children are bought and sold for sex. That should ..Read More
America’s homeless children Posted on March 2, 2015 in Deutsche Welle The second-richest country in the world is failing to provide a roof over the heads of some 2.5 million children. In New York alone, about 20,000 people live on the street, in the shadows of skyscrapers. Dallas, Aliyah and their parents are staying in a shelte ..Read More
Rise to the challenge and fight street homelessness Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jerry Jones in New York Daily News When modern homelessness first emerged, our nation was shocked at the spectacle of men and women bedding down on the streets of large cities, and even small towns. For those of us who rallied to bring our homeless neighbors in out of the cold, New York City wa ..Read More
Blueprint Now in Place, de Blasio Builds a Homeless Policy Posted on March 2, 2015 by Jarrett Murphy in City & State Mayor’s initiatives win praise, but have yet to stem tide of homelessness. ..Read More
NY mental health advocates say more housing is needed Posted on February 26, 2015 by Michael Virtanen in Daily Gazette Advocates say there’s a need for 35,000 more state-supported housing units — 30,000 in New York City and 5,000 upstate — citing the record number of 60,000 homeless individuals in the city, many with psychiatric disabilities. ..Read More
A New Study Shows What Life Is Like for Homeless NYC Teens Who Have Sex to Survive Posted on February 25, 2015 by Allie Conti in Vice Trading sex for shelter is a way of life for many homeless LGBT youth in New York. ..Read More
Bill de Blasio Slams Andrew Cuomo’s Homelessness Proposals Posted on February 25, 2015 by Will Bredderman in New York Observer Mayor Bill de Blasio ripped several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposals regarding homelessness in New York City, arguing the governor’s ideas will worsen the spiraling crisis. ..Read More
