Homeless Advocates Rally Mayor de Blasio for More Housing Posted on October 24, 2018 by Nicole Edine in AM New York More than 100 New Yorkers marched the streets of the Upper East Side on Wednesday, chanting, “Housing is a human right. Fight! Fight! Fight!” The march to Gracie Mansion, which was lead by activist Nathylin Flowers Adesegun of VOCAL-NY, was a call to dema ..Read More
Homeless March On Gracie Mansion, Demand Tens Of Thousands Of Affordable Housing Units Be Built Posted on October 24, 2018 by Nicole Edine in CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hundreds of homeless New Yorkers marched on Gracie Mansion on Wednesday to pressure Mayor Bill de Blasio to build more permanent housing for those who can least afford it. With winter approaching and the number of homeless still at n ..Read More
Homeless Advocates Concerned About MTA’s New Approach to Cleaning Up City’s Subways Posted on October 23, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in CBS New York Transit Chief Andy Byford has vowed to clean up New York City’s beleaguered subway system, and that means finding a way to deal with the homeless too. But some advocates are concerned about what they call a zero-tolerance approach as the weather gets colder. ..Read More
Why I Confronted The Mayor, And What Homeless New Yorkers Should Demand From His Housing Plan Posted on October 18, 2018 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News It’s been over a week since I confronted Mayor de Blasio at the Park Slope YMCA during his workout. I went there with the intention of speaking to him about our city’s homeless crisis, and my own. He dismissed me that day and he continues to dismis ..Read More
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Today Called for an Increase in the Number of Subsidized Housing Units Set Aside for Homeless People Posted on October 17, 2018 by Nicole Edine in PoliticoPro A coalition of advocates, including one who recently confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio at the gym, want the number of units for homeless people in the mayor’s housing plan increased to 30,000, or 10 percent of the total. Johnson said he has not yet sat dow ..Read More
Homeless in New York Public Schools at a Record High: 114,659 Students Posted on October 15, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives. That’s more children than at any other time since city records have been kept. In the morning, those same children will fan out across ..Read More
Despite Record Affordable Housing, Poorest New Yorkers Struggle to Pay Rent Posted on October 11, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Crain's The city is building and preserving more affordable housing than ever, but federal programs remain the most effective tool for supporting the poorest households, according to a report released Thursday. The Citizens Budget Commission analyzed a recent housing ..Read More
An Activist Ambushed de Blasio at his Gym. She Raised a Good Point. Posted on October 11, 2018 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times Since the beginning of his mayoralty, Bill de Blasio has continued the routine of going to a gym in Brooklyn most weekday mornings — and by morning we do not mean an hour at which titans get on their Peloton bikes, but rather at a time iron welders might lab ..Read More
De Blasio Rebuffs Question on Homelessness: ‘I’m in the Middle of a Workout’ Posted on October 6, 2018 by Nicole Edine in The New York Times Nathylin Flowers Adesegun has for the past year worked with Vocal-NY, a nonprofit that helps low-income people, to encourage Mayor Bill de Blasio to designate more apartments specifically for homeless people as part of his plan to create and preserve 300,000 u ..Read More
