Cost of Housing Homeless in Shelters Keeps Rising in New York City Posted on September 19, 2018 by Nicole Edine in The Wall Street Journal New York City has increased spending on housing homeless people in shelters in recent years, but the population continues to hover at more than 60,000 despite efforts to move many into permanent housing, a new city report shows. During the 2017 fiscal year, th ..Read More
CityViews: De Blasio Can Fulfill his Progressive Promise by Retooling his Housing Plan Posted on September 17, 2018 by Nicole Edine in CityLimitsNews New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has made great strides in carrying out his oft-repeated pledge to make the Big Apple “the fairest big city in America.” He made universal pre-kindergarten a reality, played a key role in raising the city’s minimum wage, ..Read More
Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. Posted on September 11, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is, Do those jobs pay enough to live on? Venessa Solivan and her three children fled their last place in June 2015, after a young man was shot and k ..Read More
Tenants’ Right to Counsel May Be Expanded With Levine Legislation Posted on September 12, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in AMNewYork Councilman Mark Levine plans to introduce legislation Wednesday that would expand the scope of the nascent Right to Counsel measure, which is getting underway in housing court. Last August, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the Right to Counsel, which gives the gove ..Read More
The New High-Rent Districts Posted on August 24, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times For most New Yorkers — about two-thirds of whom are renters — living in the city means accepting the painful reality of ever-increasing rents, which are as much a part of the experience as noisy neighbors, hissing steam radiators and cramped kitchens. Even ..Read More
Drop Off New Backpacks and School Supplies for Annual Drive at Queens Borough Hall Posted on August 22, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in QNS As the start of the school year approaches, you can help a homeless child get backpacks and school supplies by donating new supplies in Kew Gardens. The first floor of Queens Borough Hall, located at 120-55 Queens Blvd., will serve as a drop-off location for a ..Read More
When I Was Homeless: How It Scarred Me, and What the City Must Do to Help More People Lift Themselves Out Posted on August 11, 2018 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News “Forget this. I’m going home.” It’s the little things that remind you how big your blessings are. As much as I wanted to go to ShopRite and get the one-pound bag of baby carrots on sale for 50 cents, it had been a long, hot day and I was tired and swea ..Read More
‘Drop in the Bucket’: The State of Affordable Housing in de Blasio’s New York Posted on August 8, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist Mayor Bill de Blasio took office in 2014 in a city reeling from a housing crisis. It was hemorrhaging tens of thousands of rent-stabilized apartments each year, public housing was crumbling, and a record 53,000 people were staying in city homeless shelters. De ..Read More
New York City’s Affordable Housing Push Leaves Out Key Group — Homeless Individuals and Families Posted on August 7, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Nonprofit Media Once again, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is touting record affordable housing created by his administration. A press release from his office two weeks ago trumpeted that Fiscal Year 2018 was the “largest year for affordable housing production in city ..Read More
