Hevesi Renews Push for Home Stability Support in Letter to Cuomo Posted on January 9, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Daily Eagle The crisis is evident in subway cars, ATM kiosks and even Queens courthouses. In communities across the city and state, thousands of homeless New Yorkers seek warm, and relatively safe, places to sleep. But the street homeless are just a sliver of the 250,000 ..Read More
House Our Future NY Campaign Statement in Response to Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City Address Posted on January 10, 2019 by Nicole Edine in Press Release Homelessness Crisis Still at Record Levels, with More Than 23,000 Children and All-Time Record 17,000 Single Adults Sleeping in Shelters Each Night NEW YORK, NY – The following statement is in response to Mayor de Blasio State of the City address today, wher ..Read More
14 Percent of the Nation’s Homeless Population Are in New York City Posted on December 19, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Metro The number of people experiencing homelessness in New York City has been growing, according to an annual report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report for 2018, released this week, found that ..Read More
Faith Leaders and Housing Advocates Held Candlelight Vigil to Support Construction of More Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on December 18, 2018 by Nicole Edine in Press Release Advocates Demand Mayor’s Housing New York 2.0 Plan Include 30,000 Units for Homeless Households, with 24,000 to be Created through New Construction Homelessness Crisis Still at Record Levels, with More Than 23,000 Children and All-Time Record 17,000 Single A ..Read More
Homelessness Rises Slightly Despite Strong Economy, Federal Report Finds Posted on December 17, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Despite the booming economy, homelessness in the United States rose slightly for the second year in a row, with spikes in high-rent cities like New York and Seattle, according to an annual report released on Monday by the Department of Housing and Urban Develo ..Read More
5 Things People Get Wrong About Homelessness Posted on December 15, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in HuffPost Homelessness affects hundreds of thousands of Americans on any given day, and yet many people still perpetuate wrong and at times harmful stereotypes about those struggling to access housing. Last year, more than 500,000 people were homeless across the country ..Read More
When Days Aren’t So Sunny: Sesame Street Takes on Homelessness Posted on December 12, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times Lily, a fuchsia Muppet with a mop of hair, green eyelids and a lavender nose, debuted on “Sesame Street” seven years ago. She was shy and soft-spoken. Her family, she explained to Elmo, did not have enough to eat. At the time, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofi ..Read More
Setting the Record Straight: Mayor de Blasio’s Housing Plan Can and Should Do More for the Homeless Posted on December 11, 2018 by Nicole Edine in Gotham Gazette Mayor de Blasio has been under constant fire for offering homeless New Yorkers access to just 5 percent of the units created and preserved by his 12-year, 300,000-unit affordable housing plan, even as homelessness has reached a new all-time record high. He has ..Read More
Toy Drive Brightens the Holidays for Homeless Children Posted on December 8, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters are busy sorting donated toys. Toys that are destined for children living in homeless shelters around the city. Nearly 64,000 New Yorkers are in shelters right now, 23,000 are kids. “All of those famil ..Read More
