City Consolidates Homeless Subsidies Posted on November 2, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC This week the city simplified its rental assistance programs to help reduce record homelessness. Landlords have been reluctant to accept vouchers from the seven different rental subsidy programs. The city has now streamlined them into one more accessible progr ..Read More
De Blasio Against Council Bill to Increase Affordable Housing for Homeless Posted on November 2, 2018 by Nicole Edine in PoliticoPro The woman behind a viral video showing her confronting Mayor Bill de Blasio, while he was in the middle of a workout, about the lack of housing for the homeless took her grievances to the radio on Friday. This time, Nathylin Flowers Adesegun, who goes by Flowe ..Read More
The House Our Future NY Campaign Responds to Mayor de Blasio’s Remarks on Brian Lehrer this Morning Posted on November 2, 2018 by Nicole Edine in Press Release “The Mayor’s testy response to a 72-year-old homeless woman advocating powerfully for herself and others like her shows our work is far from done. Even as the majority of City elected officials agree that setting aside 30,000 units of housing for the homel ..Read More
Council Weighs Mandating Developers to Create Housing for the Homeless Posted on November 1, 2018 by Nicole Edine in CityLimits.org A month ago, Nathylin Flowers Adesegun questioned Mayor de Blasio inside a Prospect Park gym about doing more for homeless New Yorkers. Last week she stood outside the Gracie Mansion asking the same. And on Wednesday morning, Flowers made was on the steps at ..Read More
Battle Brewing Over Homeless Housing In New York City Posted on October 31, 2018 by Nicole Edine in CBS 2 New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A new proposal to force City Hall to build more apartments for the homeless ignited a battle between City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday. Advocates took to the steps of City Hall with a clear-cut message for the man wh ..Read More
Baby Antonio: 5 Pounds, 12 Ounces and Homeless From Birth Posted on October 30, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times BABY ANTONIO was born homeless. He arrived at 12:29 a.m. on a warm Thursday in August. He was purple and perfectly formed, weighing all of 5 pounds and 12 ounces. He stretched his tiny arms and legs into the air as hospital staff hovered over him to count 10 t ..Read More
Council Member Salamanca Stands With Homeless Advocates and Introduces New Bill Demanding More Housing for the Homeless Posted on October 31, 2018 by Nicole Edine in Press Release NEW YORK – At today’s City Council Stated Meeting, Council Member Salamanca will introduce a new bill that would require developers who receive city financial assistance for rental housing development projects to set aside no less than 15% of created or pr ..Read More
More Housing for the Homeless? Council to Weigh a Question the Mayor Ignored at His Gym Posted on October 30, 2018 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times Three weeks ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio had his workout interrupted by a homeless woman who posed a question that the mayor chose not to answer: Why won’t the city set aside more apartments for the homeless? Mr. de Blasio walked away. “I’m not doing this ..Read More
Advocates for Homeless March on Gracie Mansion Posted on October 25, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Patch Three weeks after confronting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the gym, a coalition of advocates for the city’s homeless took their fight to his home. Hundreds of homeless New Yorkers and advocates for the homeless marched through the Upper East Sid ..Read More
