Category: News

A few days after her 60th birthday, Constance Woodson took in the early-June sun on a bench in New York City’s Madison Square Park. Masked, except when she sipped her coffee, she reflected on her luck. The good news was that, in the midst of a pandemic, she ..Read More

Just a year ago, the mayor had announced an unusually close partnership between the NYPD and Department of Homeless Services. Click ‘Listen’ for the full story. ..Read More

As a “heat dome” descends on much of the country and local governments scramble to provide safe refuges, concern grows over the impact of a novel disease that has ‘totally demolished the homeless people.’ Weeks ago, Keith Britton was staying in a homel ..Read More

It was January and the mayor had something new he wanted to show the media. “Have you ever seen a command center like this in New York City history? I think it’s going to make a huge difference,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told NY1 at the time. “Its ..Read More

Eviction moratoriums nationwide are set to expire later this month, potentially thrusting tens of thousands of people into a housing crisis.  Congress in March passed a federal mandate prohibiting evictions or foreclosures until July 24 in response to the ..Read More

Before losing her job this past March, Dawn Miller would spend her entire paycheck on rent each month. She’s lived in her Flatbush, Brooklyn apartment for more than a decade, and until the coronavirus pandemic hit, had been working at a food kiosk at Brookly ..Read More

The city’s housing agency this month upgraded its online application system to make seeking an affordable apartment easier — but the odds to get a lease remain worst for those with the least. A review by THE CITY of more than 18 million ..Read More

Helena Hill, a 56-year-old New Yorker, was living in a College Point, Queens, homeless shelter when the pandemic hit. She had been staying there since December, in a room with 12 other women — and sharing a bathroom, a cafeteria, and common areas — where i ..Read More

Before COVID-19, life in the HELP Meyer men’s shelter on Wards Island could often be hostile, according to Alphonso Syville, who has lived there for the last decade. But since the start of the pandemic, he said, whatever camaraderie existed among residents h ..Read More