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
CityViews: De Blasio Has No Comprehensive Plan to Rehouse the Homeless Posted on October 2, 2018 by Nicole Edine in City Limits The lie began in 2014, when Bill de Blasio campaigned for Mayor on the platform of ending the “tale of two cities.” He said he would end inequality in our City. He said he would help the most vulnerable. The lie continued in 2017 when he was reelected, and ..Read More
New York Takes Step in Long, Hard Journey to Supportive Housing Goal Posted on September 27, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC The 28-story residence hall at 90 Sands Street in DUMBO is sparsely decorated; the large community rooms where hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses once gathered now sit empty. But give it a year’s worth of renovation work and developers say the building wi ..Read More
Checking in on NYC’s Ambitious Homeless Shelter Overhaul, 18 Months Later Posted on September 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Curbed New York On a recent weekday morning, the cafeteria of the Bergen House in Crown Heights, Brooklyn was quiet. Seated around long plastic tables, residents from the 104-bed homeless shelter for senior men played dominoes and chatted. One man built small figurines from w ..Read More
New York Housing Crisis: Low-Rent Apartment Stock Has Plummeted Since 2005, Stringer Says Posted on September 26, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork Tenants and affordable housing advocates joined New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer in lower Manhattan Tuesday to call for rent law reform amid an affordability crisis in the city. A comptroller’s office report titled “The Gap is Still Growing: New Yo ..Read More
Ask the Mayor: School Bus Fiasco, District 15, Post Primary Politics Posted on September 21, 2018 by Nicole Edine in WNYC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC. Caller Q: Will you raise the number of affordable housing units for homeless people?@NYCMayor: The issue of homelessness is not as simple of moving the homel ..Read More
