Queens assemblyman calls for $10 billion in funding for COVID-19 emergency housing and rental assistance Posted on April 21, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in QNS State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and state Senator Brian Kavanagh, joined by a coalition of state and local elected officials and other New York leaders, are calling on Congress to include $100 billion in additional stimulus funding — with $10 billion for New ..Read More
It took a pandemic for cities to finally address homelessness Posted on April 21, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Vox In early March, as Covid-19 cases began to surface across the country, activists were warning that the virus would wreak havoc within homeless populations. Now, more than a month after shelter-in-place orders have been in effect in most major cities, ..Read More
Hundreds of NYC Doctors and Nurses are Begging the City to Act Fast to Keep Homeless Patients Safe Posted on April 17, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in VICE The New York City doctors and nurses charged with handling a huge epidemic have another problem to deal with: The city’s moving too slowly to keep homeless patients safe. A group of more than 500 New York-based physicians, social workers, and nurses, wro ..Read More
NYC asks affordable housing developers to house more homeless New Yorkers Posted on April 17, 2020 by Sarah Murphy in Curbed NY New York City will ask developers of nearly completed affordable housing projects to increase the number of apartments set aside for homeless New Yorkers, who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19, according to the city’s housing agency and a letter obtai ..Read More
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
