Elmhurst-Based City Mission Honored by Coalition for the Homeless Posted on December 1, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Times Ledger When the city converted the Pan American hotel into a shelter for homeless families in June 2014 without any dialogue with the Elmhurst community, homeowners and other residents were outraged and racially charged rallies and town hall meeting ensued as the Asi ..Read More
Artwalk Benefiting New York’s Homeless Features Works by Louise Fishman, Andy Warhol Posted on November 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in WWD On Wednesday night, Vincent and Shelly Fremont refused to break the unspoken and golden rule of an auction: to not tell anyone what you’re bidding on. “We’re not giving that secret away,” remarked the Fremonts from the 23rd annual Artwalk benefit at Sp ..Read More
Artwalk NY Brought Out the Artsy and Fashionable for the Evening Posted on November 30, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Vogue Spring Studios was the place to be Wednesday night as artists, collectors, and fashionable friends alike gathered at Artwalk NY for an evening of philanthropy, food, and, of course, art. The 23rd annual event, presented by Max Mara, featured more than 100 piec ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio, Wake Up and Build a Solution to Homelessness Posted on November 24, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio won re-election handily, promising in his victory speech to make New York City the fairest city in America. It’s a bold vision — one he’s soon going to make a trip to Iowa to try to sell on the national stage. But with 62,000 homeless New ..Read More
City Increasingly Paying Back Rent to Keep Tenants from Homelessness Posted on November 16, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gotham Gazette In the effort to fight a steady, decades-long rise in homelessness, the de Blasio administration has significantly increased the city’s rental assistance programs over the past four years. A variety of programs including vouchers for those seeking to reenter ..Read More
East Coast Offers Homeless Insights as West Coast Struggles Posted on November 8, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press It’s before dawn when two outreach workers find a homeless man known as Juice near a train station in Harlem. A nurse will be visiting to discuss his heart problems, they tell him. A short time later, in Marcus Garvey Park, the sun has just begun to rise ..Read More
Tax Plan Would Decimate Affordable Housing in New York, Advocates and City Officials Warn Posted on November 3, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Politico New York A Republican-backed proposal to repeal tax-exempt bonds would decimate affordable housing in New York, according to a group of advocates who are mobilizing to block the plan. The GOP tax reform plan, released Thursday, would cost New York $4.5 billion in finan ..Read More
Homeless Shelter Staff Will Learn to Use Narcan for Opioid Overdoses Posted on October 31, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The city will train homeless shelter staff to use a drug that can reverse potentially deadly opioid overdoses under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday. The legislation requires shelters, which have been racked by drug overdoses, to have at least one emp ..Read More
De Blasio is Pressed to Use More Federal Tools Against Homelessness Posted on October 25, 2017 by Nicole Edine in CityLimits.org As he cruises toward re-election, Mayor de Blasio’s take on his own record on homelessness is that he has made some wise moves but took too long to understand the breadth of the crisis. Some homeless advocates would render the same verdict, at least when it ..Read More
