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New York City plans to move homeless people out of a former hotel in the Financial District and end its “long-term use” of the property as a shelter, a spokesperson for the city agency that oversees homeless services confirmed to Gothamist. ..Read More

NEW YORK — Hundreds of homeless New Yorkers are trying to figure out where they will go next, as the city plans to shut down a Manhattan shelter. ..Read More

Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday announced a plan to pump $171 million into the city’s shelter system that would create 1,400 new beds to address homelessness in New York City. ..Read More

Mayor Eric Adams’s executive budget plan for the coming year will include $171 million in funding for alternatives to conventional homeless shelters, officials said Sunday. ..Read More

On a frigid Wednesday morning in March, Marg Curran scanned the streets of East Harlem through the windows of a Toyota Rav4. Curran and Alexandra Long, in the passenger seat, kept an eye out for tents, electric-blue tarps draped over discarded furniture, shopp ..Read More

The site opened to people moving off the streets and subways on March 28, amid significant backlash to ongoing homeless sweeps and calls by advocates and some elected officials for the city to use hotel rooms as low-barrier, private spaces for people bedding d ..Read More

NEW YORK, NY — A movement to physically stop Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial clean-up of homeless encampments is growing across the city as activists urge the mayor to take on new methods of helping unhoused New Yorkers. ..Read More

Jacquelyn Simone, policy director with Coalition for the Homeless, joins ‘In Focus’ to discuss Mayor Adams’ clearing of homeless encampments throughout the city. ..Read More

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has continued removing homeless encampments in the city, even as the policy has come under intense scrutiny. ..Read More