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
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
