NYC Eased Rules for Families Entering Homeless Shelters. Advocates Want the Changes Made Permanent Posted on October 4, 2021 by Sarah Murphy in CityLimits A coalition of nonprofit service providers is calling on New York City officials to formalize pandemic-related rule changes that have made life easier for families seeking space in municipal homeless shelters. ..Read More
Homeless NYC veterans moved out of hotels and into cubicles in Queens shelter Posted on September 29, 2021 by Sarah Murphy in New York Daily News This is how New York City thanks them for their service. Cramped cubicles, a leaky ceiling, and a community bathroom. That’s not what homeless veterans — who were promised sanitary, private accommodations to keep COVID at bay — were expecting when they m ..Read More
NYC Council, convicts seek background check ban in fight against ex-prisoner homelessness Posted on September 6, 2021 by Sarah Murphy in New York Daily News After a 1979 double murder conviction, there was little question where Roslyn Smith would lay her head for the foreseeable future. ..Read More
Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sarah Murphy in City Limits Kenneth Jones learned he lost his room in an East New York hotel, rented out as a temporary homeless shelter, as soon as he returned from Brookdale Hospital last week. ..Read More
The Unhoused Don’t Want to “Go Back to Normal” Posted on July 19, 2021 by admin in Slate During the height of the pandemic, New York City put up some of its homeless population in the city’s empty hotels. Now, as the city comes back to life, the program is ending—but the city’s unhoused population doesn’t want to go “back to normal.̶ ..Read More
The Latest on the City’s Plans to Move Homeless New Yorkers Back to Shelters Posted on July 16, 2021 by admin in The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC The city was in the midst of moving homeless people from hotels and into shelters, where the conditions are crowded, and COVID is a bigger risk, when a judge blocked the city’s plan. Jacquelyn Simone, senior policy analyst for Coalition for the Homeles ..Read More
N.Y.C.’s Plan to Move Homeless People From Hotels Is Blocked by a Judge Posted on July 13, 2021 by admin in The New York Times New York City’s plan to move 8,000 homeless people out of hotels and into barracks-style shelters was disrupted on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled that officials were not adequately considering the health of those being moved. The ruling blocks the city f ..Read More
Homeless in hotels can stay put for now, says federal judge who orders NYC to improve plan for moving them to shelters Posted on July 13, 2021 by admin in NY Daily News Homeless people moved to hotels during the COVID pandemic can stay put for a while longer while the city works out a better plan for returning them to shelters, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. “The public has an interest in ensuring that disabled, homeless pe ..Read More
Judge allows homeless residents to remain in hotels for now Posted on July 13, 2021 by admin in NY1 Homeless New Yorkers residing in hotels will be allowed to remain for now, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling, handed down by Judge Gregory Howard Woods, mandates that the city must meet certain requirements before it can transfer residents back t ..Read More
