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Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul held their first joint appearance since the former took office Thursday to announce a slate of measures to combat crime in the New York City subways and increase outreach to those experiencing homelessness. Mayor Adam ..Read More

Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday a new plan to address subway crime and homelessness with more police. Despite echoes of the Cuomo-era playbook, which saw police as the solution for tackling the issue of the homeless in the subway ..Read More

Hospitals coping with a surge in Covid-19 patients. An economy battered by shutdowns. A housing crisis driving people to homelessness. New York State is confronted with a host of problems as the pandemic continues to inflict an enormous economic and social tol ..Read More

New York Governor Kathy Hochul outlined a $25 billion affordable housing plan that aims to create and preserve 100,000 units of affordable housing and 10,000 supportive housing apartments, as part of her State of the State address Wednesday. But tenant advocat ..Read More

OPEN Host Daren Jaime sits down with the Policy Director of Coalition for the Homeless, Jacquelyn Simone talking about the issue of Homelessness in NYC and the lack of affordable housing. ..Read More

For many New Yorkers, the inauguration of Eric Adams as the 110th mayor of New York City – and only the second Black person to serve in the position – has evoked a range of feelings, from excitement at the possibility of change to confusion and concern. Ad ..Read More

For much of the pandemic, one way New York City has tried to slow the coronavirus’s spread is by offering free hotel rooms to infected people who cannot easily isolate themselves from those they live with. But the sheer number of people who are sick with the ..Read More

Shortly before taking office, Mr. de Blasio described a “tale of two cities,” and cited growing homelessness as a prime example of how the city failed poor New Yorkers. “We are simply not going to allow this kind of reality to continue,” he said. But ..Read More

Even before the pandemic started, the homelessness problem in New York City was the worst it has been since the Great Depression. As the numbers of homeless men and women continue to increase along with positive COVID cases, the city is working to transition t ..Read More