Ending Chronic Homelessness in 2017 Posted on May 26, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in United States Interagency Council on Homelessness The President’s FY 2016 Budget request includes an increase of $265 million in HUD’s Homeless Assistance Grants. If funded by Congress, this would help to create the supportive housing necessary to achieve an end to chronic homelessness in 2017. Doing so w ..Read More
300,000 Seniors in Poverty Across State, With Latinos Hit Hard in NYC, New Report Says Posted on May 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News More than 300,000 seniors in the state are living in poverty, with the problem hitting Latinos in the city especially hard, according to a report due to be released Saturday. Citing data from the state Community Action Association, the report by Assemblyman Ma ..Read More
Homeless Veterans Deserve a Place in the American Dream Posted on May 24, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in CNN Karlene S. is a 35-year-old Army veteran who served as part of the post-9/11 war against terrorism. A single parent, she has three children, the youngest two diagnosed with ADHD and other ongoing special needs. She herself has health issues, including hyperten ..Read More
Fast Food Workers Rally in Manhattan, Albany, Other New York Cities for $15 Minimum Wage Posted on May 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Fast food workers rallied around the state of New York on Wednesday to push for an increase in the minimum wage in their industry to $15 an hour. In New York City, dozens of workers and their allies — including Controller Scott Stringer and Lt. Gov. Kathy Ho ..Read More
Poverty, Family Stress are Thwarting Student Success, Top Teachers Say Posted on May 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Washington Post The greatest barriers to school success for K-12 students have little to do with anything that goes on in the classroom, according to the nation’s top teachers: It is family stress, followed by poverty, and learning and psychological problems. Those were the ..Read More
For New York City’s Working Poor, New Help in Getting Out of Homeless Shelters Posted on May 18, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Wall Street Journal Last summer, a pipe burst in the Bronx apartment where Ayra Garcia lived with her 15-year-old niece. The water damage was so bad that they couldn’t live there anymore. But despite the $31,243 a year that Ms. Garcia then made as a teacher, she didn’t have t ..Read More
State to Provide Homeless Funding, Pending City Plan Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York After the state threatened to withhold funding for some homeless shelters in New York City, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance on Friday announced that the city plans to develop a plan to improve the shelters by Tuesday. “Throughout this ..Read More
Making Space for the Homeless Posted on May 14, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New Yorker On a recent afternoon, at Parsons School of Design, on Thirteenth Street, the artist and interior designer Kevin Walz greeted a handful of guests in a large, long studio space that had high, old-fashioned embossed-metal ceilings and work spaces crowded with sc ..Read More
Assembly Committee Head Criticizes Cuomo for Withholding State Aid for 16 NYC Homeless Shelters Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News ALBANY – The head of a key Assembly committee criticized Gov. Cuomo for withholding state aid for 16 city homeless shelters after the de Blasio administration missed a deadline to address serious code violations. “Cutting off funds for shelters, as ..Read More
