APF Co-Founders Receive 2014 Lennon Ono Grant for Peace Posted on October 10, 2014 by Sarah Murphy Art Production Fund (APF) is honored to announce that Co-Founders Doreen Remen and Yvonne Force Villareal have been awarded the 2014 Lennon Ono Grant for Peace for their public art program since 2000. A biennial award i ..Read More
A (Bad) New Record High: Homelessness Posted on October 8, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show The number of homeless people housed in city shelters hit a new high this week. Commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services, Gilbert Taylor discusses what the agency is doing to reduce homelessness, including eviction prevention and financial counse ..Read More
Richard Gere’s mile in a homeless man’s shoes Posted on October 9, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Haaretz A homeless man with a knitted winter hat that covers his forehead almost down to his eyes stands on a busy Manhattan street asking passersby to put small change in a disposable McDonald’s cup. Had they bothered to look up from their screens for a second they ..Read More
Right Now, NYC Has Record Numbers Of Homeless People In Shelters.. And Billionaires Posted on October 8, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Huffington Post The number of homeless people living in shelters broke a record this week, according to WNYC, with over 56,000 individuals in need of stable housing. While tens of thousands of New Yorkers are simply trying to survive, however, the news source noted that a r ..Read More
In Gentrification’s Shadow, a Campground for the Homeless in Brooklyn Posted on October 8, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in The New York Times The cheerful blue tent looks perfectly bucolic pitched on a grassy hilltop. Except this green patch happens to be alongside the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn. The tent stands by a tricky turn where southbound drivers bearing left off the Gowanus to head onto ..Read More
City Chips Away at Homeless Housing Costs Posted on October 8, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in WNYC News Heinze, 37, has been homeless since she lost her rent subsidy two years ago. She stays in this apartment, for which the city pays $2,900 a month. The money goes to a non-profit provider who leases the apartment from a private landlord and is supposed to provid ..Read More
Cyndi Lauper Helps Bring Apartments for Homeless LGBT Youths to The Bronx Posted on October 2, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in DNAinfo Homeless LGBT youths are getting a new place to stay in The Bronx. Grammy Award-winning singer Cyndi Lauper and nonprofit housing company West End Residences are teaming up to build the “True Colors” residences, a complex with 30 studio apartments ..Read More
How Private Companies Are Profiting From Homelessness in New York City Posted on October 1, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Vice News Call him M. He lives in Freedom House — the hotel-turned-homeless shelter on Manhattan’s West 95th Street, two blocks from a concert hall that the New York Times once dubbed a palace of performing arts. ..Read More
Experts Discuss Homelessness Prevention Posted on September 29, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in NY1 Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor, Queens City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer and the executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless, Mary Brosnahan, spoke about preventive measures designed to keep New Yorkers from becoming homeless. ..Read More
