Finding Affordable Housing In NYC Is Hard, It’s Almost Impossible If You’re A Senior Posted on June 12, 2019 by Nicole Edine in CBS 2 New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Liz Cole has lived and worked in New York City for most of her adult life. She says the realities of aging in the city, being her own support system, and living on a fixed income is stressful. “The homelessness issue is very fright ..Read More
Landmark Deal Reached on Rent Protections for Tenants in N.Y. Posted on June 11, 2019 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times Newly empowered Democratic leaders in Albany announced a landmark agreement on Tuesday to strengthen New York’s rent laws and tenant protections, seeking to address concern about housing costs that is helping drive the debate over inequality across the natio ..Read More
What’s it Like Growing Older in the NYC Homeless Shelter System? Posted on June 5, 2019 by Nicole Edine in CityLimits.org Alvin Peterson, a 63-year-old resident of Samaritan Village’s homeless shelter on East 53rd Street, was having trouble breathing last December. His breathing had been getting worse for years, owing to very severe emphysema and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D ..Read More
Survey Says Number of NYC’s Unsheltered Homeless Is Down, but Advocates Disagree Posted on May 31, 2019 by Nicole Edine in Curbed A federal survey that counts individuals sleeping on the streets, parks, and subways on a given winter night every year, found that there are two percent fewer unsheltered homeless individuals in New York City, the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) announc ..Read More
Woes at Wards Island Homeless Shelters Overseen by Gov. Cuomo’s Sister Posted on May 31, 2019 by Nicole Edine in The City Last fall, a Cuomo administration agency signed off on a new shelter on Wards Island to be operated by HELP Social Services, part of a nonprofit founded decades ago by the governor and chaired by his sister, Maria Cuomo Cole. The Office of Temporary & Disa ..Read More
A Secret to Better Health Care Posted on May 27, 2019 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times Health care is at the center of the national policy conversation, and with the 2020 presidential election now in full swing, that is where it will probably remain. But for all the talk about how to increase access and reduce costs, we’re missing a critical p ..Read More
Advocates March to City Hall Calling for Construction of More Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on May 13, 2019 by Nicole Edine in Press Release Following State of the Homeless 2019 Release, Advocates March to Urge Mayor de Blasio to Build 24,000 New Units of Affordable Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Homelessness in NYC Remains at Record Levels, With More Than 63,000 People – Including Over 15,000 ..Read More
A Growing Crisis: Analyzing de Blasio’s Response to Homelessness in NYC Posted on May 7, 2019 by Nicole Edine in NY1 Errol Louis discussed Mayor de Blasio’s response to the ongoing homelessness crisis, with Giselle Routhier of Coalition for the Homeless and Jennifer March from Citizens’ Committee for Children. ..Read More
In NYC, Still No Homes for Tens of Thousands Posted on May 7, 2019 by Nicole Edine in AM New York Two particularly disturbing numbers stand out from this year’s “State of the Homeless” report from advocacy group Coalition for the Homeless. The first is what the coalition cited as an alarming record high hit by NYC in January: For that month, an avera ..Read More
