New York conducts annual homeless count, critics say it’s flawed Posted on February 10, 2015 by Ellen Wulfhorst in WTAQ Thousands of volunteers fanned out across New York before dawn on February 9th to conduct the city’s yearly homeless survey, trying to count the people who wander the sidewalks all night, sleep in subways for warmth or slip into the shadows to avoid bei ..Read More
Assemblyman wants to address city’s homelessness crisis by increasing housing allowance Posted on February 8, 2015 by Kenneth Lovett in Daily News Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, the Queens Democrat appointed this past week as chair of the Social Services Committee, says increasing the allowance would be cheaper than housing people in shelters. ..Read More
Thousands of New Yorkers living in dangerous ‘cluster units’ as homeless population tops 59,000, a record high Posted on February 1, 2015 by Harry Stevens and Greg B. Smith in New York Daily News The homeless count represents a 10% jump during Mayor de Blasio’s first year in office. Despite his vows to turn around the problem and ditch the use of cluster units, the city is still forced to house families in these much-criticized apartments, which ..Read More
Number Of Homeless In The Shelter System Reaches Record High Posted on February 1, 2015 by Christopher Robbins in Gothamist According to data collected by Coalition for the Homeless, more than 60,000 people—25,000 of them children—will sleep in the city’s shelter system tonight, an increase of 10,000 from when de Blasio took office a year ago. The mayor inherited the epid ..Read More
I Spent the 2015 Blizzard with New York’s Homeless Posted on January 27, 2015 by John Surico in Vice I met Alberto Lora at our last stop Monday night, outside the public plaza at the Sony building, on 55th Street and Madison Avenue, as he waited in line for whatever was left of the food being handed out by the Coalition for the Homeless workers. ..Read More
Homeless for Juno: No Shelter From the Storm Posted on January 27, 2015 by Jacob Siegel in The Daily Beast As the snow blanketed New York City, more people than ever were left without food or a roof over their head. It’s just past 7 pm Monday night, snow is already sticking to the ground and the Coalition for the Homeless has finished serving dinner to more than ..Read More
Skeptical of shelters, NYC’s homeless brave the blizzard Posted on January 27, 2015 by Emma Margolin in MSNBC Frank waited with the others for dinner from a van – meatball soup, oranges, milk, some stale bread. He wore no hat, no jacket and plastic bags for shoes. It was 27 degrees out in New York City. ..Read More
In ‘I Have A Dream’ Video, Homeless Kids Share Their Hopes For The Future Posted on January 18, 2015 by Eleanor Goldberg in Huffington Post As the country celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, a group of homeless kids have come together to give their personal take on the civil rights leader’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. ..Read More
11 myths about homelessness in America Posted on January 16, 2015 by German Lopez in 11 myths about homelessness in America Unfortunately, there are a number of widespread misconceptions about homelessness. Here are 11 facts you may not know about. ..Read More
