Category: News

The death of Jordan Neely reveals a wide societal belief that “any homeless person is likely to be violent or likely to attack them,” one expert said. Read more… ..Read More

The death of a Black man who appeared to be suffering from mental illness on an F train on Monday is stirring outrage after a white man who had placed him in a chokehold wasn’t charged by the NYPD. Read more… ..Read More

Video of the deadly encounter shows the 30-year-old man being restrained by a 24-year-old U.S. Marine veteran. Read more… ..Read More

The Coalition for the Homeless‘ Artist Plate Project has become a platform for established and emerging creatives to showcase their work, while providing meals for low-income New Yorkers. Read more… ..Read More

Local lawmakers blasted the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development over the agency’s recent decision to keep teens and young adults from falling asleep at its drop-in centers, saying it forces these youth to instead sleep in subway ..Read More

On April 16, 2023, NYC adopted Local Law 49 of 2003. The new law was originally introduced as Int. 431 in 2002 by Council Member Rafael Salamanca. Local Law 49 will require the Department of Homeless Services to provide biannual customer service training to em ..Read More

The Rent Guidelines Board, the panel that ultimately determines the rent increases New York’s more than 1 million stabilized tenants will have to bear, floated hikes of nearly 16%, a substantial metric that the mayor’s office argues will not come to pass. ..Read More

As New York City deals with an increase in its unhoused population, advocates for children say they fear kids who are in families experiencing homelessness are being left behind. Read more… ..Read More

Gov. Hochul’s plan to ramp up construction across the state has emerged as a sticking point in delayed budget talks—making now the time, some lawmakers say, to push for the deal to include renter protections like “good cause” eviction. “You try to re ..Read More