NYC’s Single Adult Shelter Census Reaches Record High Posted on April 17, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in WNYC Amid the COVID-19 outbreak there are more single adults in the city’s homeless shelter system than ever before. On Thursday, nearly 17,700 single men and women slept in shelters, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. ..Read More
New York City Must Shield Homeless From Coronavirus, Legal Aid Says Posted on March 28, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in The Wall Street Journal Advocates are calling on New York City to provide hotel rooms for tens of thousands of homeless people so they can practice social distancing and self-quarantine in the epicenter of the nation’s new coronavirus crisis. ..Read More
As New York Battles Coronavirus, the Homeless Crisis Rages On, Too Posted on March 26, 2020 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork Year after year, we have seen the homelessness crisis reach record highs. One need not analyze the statistics to notice — every New Yorker sees it with their own eyes. More than 250,000 New Yorkers were homeless at some point in the 2018-2019 school year. Wh ..Read More
A High-Stakes Race to Help NYC’s Homeless as Coronavirus Spreads Posted on March 22, 2020 by Nicole Edine in The City Last weekend, the first homeless person in a city-run shelter tested positive for coronavirus. As of Friday, there were seven at four separate shelters. Meanwhile, homeless people who stay on sidewalks and subways rather than go to often dangerous shelter ..Read More
Convert Empty NYC Hotels to Triage Sites for Coronavirus, Advocates Demand Posted on March 19, 2020 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News Hotels hollowed out by the coronavirus could be re-purposed into triage centers and housing for homeless New Yorkers diagnosed with the disease, advocates said Thursday. “Many of the current recommendations like self-quarantine and social distancing are impo ..Read More
One Percent of Children Born Last Year Went Home to a New York City Homeless Shelter: Report Posted on March 11, 2020 by Nicole Edine in AM New York One out of every 100 babies born last year was sent home from the hospital to a New York City homeless shelter, a study from the Coalition for the Homeless found. The striking number comes from the homeless advocacy’s annual State of Homeless report, release ..Read More
Advocates Slam Cuomo, De Blasio for Handling of City’s Homeless Crisis, Which Hits Infants Hardest Posted on March 11, 2020 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News This 1% is the opposite of society’s elite. One out of a hundred New York City newborns last year went “home” from the hospital to a homeless shelter, a heartbreaking new analysis by the Coalition for the Homeless revealed. The group’s annual report, t ..Read More
Advocates Work to Combat Homelessness Posted on February 26, 2020 by Nicole Edine in ABC News 10 SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — If you’re driving through Schenectady on Broadway, you’ve probably noticed a billboard that reads “House our Homeless.” A group of advocates and the Citizen Action of New York are calling on local officials to do more to ..Read More
Cuomo Touts Affordable Housing Gains as Homelessness Crisis Takes Center Stage in Budget Battle Posted on February 5, 2020 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News ALBANY — Amid an ongoing battle over the state’s handling of the homelessness crisis, Gov. Cuomo is touting his administration’s efforts to boost affordable housing. As advocates and lawmakers call on Cuomo to raise taxes on the wealthy and subsidize pro ..Read More
