Uncertain Future for New York Housing Program That Helps Mentally Ill Homeless People Posted on March 24, 2015 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The New York Times The supportive-housing programs aim to keep disabled individuals off the street by placing them into rent-subsidized units with supportive services. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have indicated that they plan to renew the program, but each has ..Read More
Cuomo Must Back Program to Truly Address Homelessness Posted on March 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits Earlier this month, Bill de Blasio spoke out against Governor Cuomo for his lukewarm support for a housing program serving New York’s most vulnerable citizens, drawing attention to a critical, yet often ignored, program. New York City historically has be ..Read More
Newborns Face Greater Risks at City Shelters, Experts Say Posted on March 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in DNAinfo The nearly 2,000 babies born into city shelters last year are at risk of developmental problems due to stress and lack of services, according to researchers. Family shelters are rife with life-threatening hazards and lack security and social services, the city ..Read More
Child Homelessness in New York City Hit an All-Time High Posted on March 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Huffington Post A record number of kids in New York City are homeless and they won’t see any relief until they get access to more affordable housing, a new report concluded. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, 25,000 children in the Big Apple didn’t have a place ..Read More
Why New York Mayor is Offering Cash to Landlords Who Rent to Homeless Families Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Christian Science Monitor As New York City landlords sort through dozens of their Craigslist responses this week, they might have gotten a query from an unexpected source: Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor, who continues to make affordable housing a cornerstone for his administration, to ..Read More
Slumlords, Hellholes and a System’s Failures Posted on March 23, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times It isn’t just the dead-rat smell in the hallway, the holes in the walls, the locked exits and other rampant health and safety violations that make a new report on New York City’s homeless shelters so damning. What is appalling about the report, released ea ..Read More
Report: NYC Homeless Shelters See Record Number of Children in 2014 Posted on March 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in NBC News 4 New York Mayor Bill de Blasio came into office vowing to attack the problem of homelessness as his predecessor had. Yet in the first year of his term homelessness rose by 13 percent according to a new report by the Coalition for the Homeless. News 4 Government Affairs ..Read More
Homeless Advocates’ Report Faults State and City Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York The Coalition for the Homeless released a report Thursday that called for the state and city to do more to fight record levels of homelessness and laid out a series of recommendations it says could decrease homelessness by 85 percent by the end of 2019. There ..Read More
Homelessness in NYC at Epic Levels Posted on March 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone in AM New York The ranks of the city’s homeless have swollen to all-time highs, according to a new report, which praised Mayor Bill de Blasio’s efforts to curtail the crisis, but called for more aggressive actions by both City Hall and Albany to stop it. ..Read More
