Nearly Half of All New York Renters Burdened by Housing Cost Posted on May 2, 2019 by Nicole Edine in The Times Union A report drawn from U.S. Census data shows nearly half of all renters across New York state and the Capital Region are increasingly rent-burdened — meaning over 30 percent of their income goes toward rent — with minority communities experiencing the br ..Read More
De Blasio and Cuomo Are Failures on Homelessness, Report Says Posted on April 30, 2019 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News Homelessness in New York City is projected to increase by 5,000 people in 2022 — 7,500 more than Mayor de Blasio predicted when he outlined his plan to tackle the problem in 2017, a new report from the Coalition for the Homeless revealed. The report — the ..Read More
NYC Politicians Push Mayor De Blasio for Homeless Child Funding Posted on April 18, 2019 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News One in ten students enrolled in city schools are homeless — but Mayor de Blasio won’t pay for social workers who’d make a huge difference those needy kids’ lives, local politicians charge. De Blasio has yanked $13.9 million in the city’s upcoming bud ..Read More
‘We’re Just Trying To Live’: UWS Homeless Shelter Resident Speaks Out Against NIMBY Backlash Posted on April 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist T. Campbell was walking home on the Upper West Side earlier this year when she encountered two reporters for the New York Post. They wanted to know what her living conditions were like. Campbell, along with her wife, had recently moved into a new homeless shel ..Read More
De Blasio May Require More Homeless Housing Posted on April 15, 2019 by Nicole Edine in PoliticoPro Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration is looking to require more apartments for the homeless through city-financed housing deals as it bats away a City Council proposal that would legislate a similar requirement. As part of a broader overhaul, the city i ..Read More
‘Someone To Speak For You’: Low-Income Tenants Get Lawyers For Housing Court Posted on April 3, 2019 by Nicole Edine in WNYC Jacqueline Davis walked into the Bronx’s housing court hoping to stop her landlord from evicting her from the one-bedroom apartment she has lived in for nearly 30 years. The 74-year-old retiree says her landlord moved to kick her out after she deducted p ..Read More
Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness? Posted on March 27, 2019 by Nicole Edine in CityLimits.org The single best thing that New York’s state government could do to improve housing policy is to provide more rent assistance to pay part of the rent for tenants in imminent danger of becoming homeless and shelter residents trying to get into permanent housin ..Read More
WCNY: Capitol Pressroom – Asm. Andrew Hevesi Posted on March 27, 2019 by Nicole Edine in WCNY Asm. Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), chair of the Assembly’s Social Services Committee, discussed Home Stability Supports, that prevent families on the brink of homelessness from losing their homes ..Read More
Interview: Coalition for the Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier Posted on March 22, 2019 by Nicole Edine in CBSN New York Coalition for the Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier joined CBSN New York’s Dana Tyler about affordable housing planning and new construction which can help alleviate the city’s shelter and street crisis. ..Read More
