NYC to close migrant shelter at Brooklyn airfield by early 2025 Posted on December 10, 2024 by Gresham in ABC News The Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field, located at a former airfield in the borough of Brooklyn, joins a growing list of 25 shelters the city has either closed or is in the processing of shutting down. ..Read More
2024 Nonprofit Power Players Posted on December 4, 2024 by Gresham in PoliticsNY Dave Giffen is Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, the oldest advocacy and direct service organization serving people without homes. The Coalition established NY’s legal Right to Shelter in 1981 and serves as independent monitor of the muni ..Read More
Toy drive aims to collect 10k toys for homeless kids Posted on December 3, 2024 by Gresham in New York 1 Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters in Lower Manhattan are busily sorting through dozens of donated toys as part of their annual holiday toy drive this time of year. The initiative aims to collect and distribute 10,000 toys to children living ..Read More
Why Isn’t It ‘Free to Pee’ in New York City? Posted on November 1, 2024 by Gresham in City Limits ..Read More
Deadly NYC subway chokehold case jury selection begins Posted on October 21, 2024 by Gresham in Scripps News ..Read More
New Yorkers debate the merits of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” housing proposal Posted on October 22, 2024 by Gresham in CBS News New York New York City began two days of public hearings Monday on Mayor Eric Adams' "City of Yes" housing proposal. The plan is designed to address the housing crisis by changing zoning regulations to allow more residential units to be built. On Monday, the Planning C ..Read More
As the migrant ‘crisis’ recedes in NYC, criticism of the city stands its ground Posted on October 16, 2024 by Gresham in Gothamist The Brooklyn Community Board 1 meeting was a sleepy affair, almost entirely populated by members of the board, city officials and police officers who were all on hand to discuss the state of the city’s migrant influx, which has long been described as a “cr ..Read More
US sanctuary cities move to clear migrant tent encampments Posted on September 5, 2024 by Gresham More than 64,000 migrants live in New York City-funded shelters, but like other cities where new arrivals have been bused from the southern border, the Big Apple has started clearing tent encampments to get asylum-seekers off the streets and moving toward more ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless collects school supplies for children in shelters Posted on August 21, 2024 by Gresham in CBS News New York Dave Giffen, the Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless talks about their Project: Back to School campaign. ..Read More
