City ‘Failing’ to Protect Homeless in Shelters and Hotels During Pandemic, Lawsuit Demanding Solo Rooms Alleges Posted on October 23, 2020 by Elizabeth Lepro in The City Homeless men and women were left to languish in packed hotel rooms and shelters as COVID-19 raged in New York City, putting them at heightened risk of serious illness, a new lawsuit demanding relief charges. The suit, filed late Thursday by the Legal Aid Socie ..Read More
Winter presents new challenges to caring for New York’s homeless Posted on October 15, 2020 by admin in WNYC Oct. 15, 2020 – What is the state and local governments doing to help homeless New Yorkers as we move into the colder months of the year? We asked Giselle Routhier, Policy Director for the Coalition for the Homeless, when she joins the program. ..Read More
Opinion: City’s Move to Vacate UWS Hotel Shelter is Adding ‘Trauma on Top of Trauma,’ Resident Says Posted on October 13, 2020 by admin in City Limits On September 13, I stood on the grounds of Gracie Mansion, home to Mayor Bill de Blasio, alongside other homeless New Yorkers and advocates. We protested the mayor’s decision to remove hundreds of us from the Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street on th ..Read More
Will Deeper Segregation Be Bill de Blasio’s Legacy? Posted on October 9, 2020 by admin in The Nation country’s original sin of slavery, with white liberals everywhere suddenly activated against police violence and systematic racism. But here in supposedly progressive New York City—where Mayor Bill de Blasio personally helped paint the words “Black Lives ..Read More
Grandma Quarantined at LaGuardia Hotel Treated More Like Inmate than Guest Amid COVID-19 Test Snag Posted on October 4, 2020 by admin in The City The LaGuardia Plaza, about a block from the airport, looks from the outside like any hotel that caters to business travelers: a sweeping circular driveway and meticulously landscaped entrance leading to a shiny glass box on Ditmars Boulevard. These days, howev ..Read More
Do right by homeless people: A novel idea for how to approach New Yorkers in deep distress Posted on October 9, 2020 by admin in The New York Daily News The recent debacle surrounding the city’s use of the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side to shelter homeless men during the pandemic, and Mayor de Blasio’s Sept. 8 order to transfer the men out of that hotel in response to NIMBY — and, at times, outward ..Read More
Pandemic Causing New York’s Homeless Population to Grow Posted on September 25, 2020 by Elizabeth Lepro in Spectrum Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were almost 92,000 homeless New Yorkers. However, now due to a rise in unemployment, opioid use, domestic abuse, and more over the past few months, experts believe that number has grown. “We’re seeing increases in homele ..Read More
NYC plans to move more homeless to appease complaining residents of well-off neighborhoods, City Council member says Posted on September 12, 2020 by Elizabeth Lepro in New York Daily News Families with children are being moved from a Brooklyn homeless shelter one week before school starts to appease well-to-do New Yorkers who don’t want homeless people among them, said a City Council member who deals with social welfare issues. In the city’ ..Read More
Protesters March to Mayor’s Doorstep to Oppose Plan to Move Homeless Out of NYC Hotels Posted on September 13, 2020 by Elizabeth Lepro in NBC New York Homeless advocates marched up to the Mayor Bill de Blasio’s home on Sunday to protest the city’s decision to remove some 300 people living in hotels configured for temporary housing. As a way to contain the spread of COVID-19 among the homeless pop ..Read More
