Council Members Push for Housing Counsel, Citing Garner Posted on December 5, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone in Capital New York Council members Mark Levine and Vanessa Gibson pushed for increased funding for legal counsel for low-income tenants at a press conference on Friday, casting it as part of a broader battle for social justice. ..Read More
Ion, Dean Cain Join Coalition for the Homeless Posted on December 1, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone in Multichannel News Merry Ex-Mas star Dean Cain and Ion Television are set to partner up with Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy and direct service organization, where 1,500 gourmet sandwich wraps will be donated through the Grand Central Food Program on Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m., ..Read More
Bronx Lawmaker Seeks Bill to Make it Harder for the City to Open Homeless Shelters Posted on November 30, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News State Sen. Jeffrey Klein wants more time for neighborhoods to review proposals. Advocates said the bill would slow down housing for the very needy. A Bronx lawmaker will introduce controversial legislation Monday to force the city to alert communities before ..Read More
This is How New York’s Record-Breaking Homeless Population Celebrates Thanksgiving Posted on November 27, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone in VICE The grim reality is that Thanksgiving 2014 represents a landmark occasion for New York City’s poor. Gotham is now experiencing Great Depression levels of homelessness, with nearly 60,000 humans sleeping inside shelters, on the streets, or down b ..Read More
PIX11 rides along with Coalition for the Homeless as they help those in need Posted on November 18, 2014 by Jacquelyn Simone in Pix11 At St. Bartholomew’s Church in Midtown, the non-profit “Coalition For The Homeless” loads up vans full of food to distribute each night, part of what they call their “Grand Central Food Program.” Juan De La Cruz is the organizer for the program. He ..Read More
Where the nation’s 2.5 million homeless children live Posted on November 17, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The Washington Post Nearly one in 30 children every year experience homelessness, according to a new study. And the problem is worst, on a per capita basis, in Kentucky. ..Read More
Report: Domestic Violence Prompts Surge In Shelter System Posted on November 13, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Gothamist A growing number of families that rely on New York City’s shelter system are doing so to escape domestic violence. A report released today by the Independent Budget Office notes that from 2002 to 2011, the shelter system saw a 204% increase in applicants ..Read More
Data shows Bloomberg-era increase in families rejected from shelters Posted on November 14, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Capi During former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, at the height of the homelessness crisis, the department of homeless services turned away a growing number of families from city shelters, according to data released yesterday by the Independent Bud ..Read More
NY1 Online: Officials Discuss IBO Report on Homelessness Posted on November 13, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in NY1 Patrick Markee, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy from the Coalition for the Homeless, and Elizabeth Brown, supervising analyst at the Independent Budget Office, joined Inside City Hall’s Josh Robin to discuss the IBO’s new report on homelessn ..Read More
