Tax Overhaul Is a Blow to Affordable Housing Efforts Posted on January 18, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The last time that Congress approved a sweeping overhaul of the federal tax code, in 1986, it created a tax credit meant to encourage the private sector to invest in affordable housing. It has grown into a $9 billion-a-year social program that has funded the c ..Read More
‘Code Blue’ Issued as Freezing Temperatures Threaten NYC Homeless Population Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Pix11 More than 60,000 New Yorkers have no place to call home and the punishing cold weather can prove deadly for anyone sleeping on the streets. “It’s extremely dangerous, you’re talking about people dealing with hypothermia, who are not prepared, but have to ..Read More
With NYC in Deep Freeze, Many Homeless People Seek Refuge in the Subways Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 Melvin Fields doesn’t have a place to call his own. But the 63-year-old does have the subway. “You know what I’m saying, it’s safe from the cold, you know what I’m saying. It’s very cold out there now,” Fields said. A ..Read More
Helping the Homeless Get Out of the Cold Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Fox5NY New York City estimates 3,000 homeless people live on the streets. While many have sought shelter this week, many others haven’t. These are conditions we find tough, even just to get to the corner. Yet countless New Yorkers have no refuge, as Fox 5 saw a ..Read More
Cold Comfort: U.S. Homeless Shelters Overwhelmed in Brutal Weather Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in Reuters In the common room of Boston’s Pine Street Inn homeless shelter, dozens of blue vinyl pads and folded-up cots stood ready on Friday for another night’s rush of people fleeing the deadly cold that has gripped the region for almost two weeks. The four-story ..Read More
The Real Life Give-and-Take of NYC’s Homeless Outreach Efforts Posted on January 5, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in City Limits The Upper West Side is still draped in darkness as the headlights from a Toyota Rav4 cut through its sleepy roads. Before the sunrise fills the streets with its warm light, two social workers from Goddard Riverside Community Center’s Homeless Outreach Team a ..Read More
NYC’s Homeless Look for Shelter, Safety as Temperatures Continue to Drop Posted on January 4, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork Finding a warm place to stay during the bitter cold and snow is a challenge for Success, a 42-year-old homeless woman living on the streets in Manhattan. “If I could come up with $2.75, I would ride the train for the heat,” she said Wednesday night. But li ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Should Seize His Second Term to Make New York the ‘Fairest Big City in America’ Posted on January 1, 2018 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Nation It’s been four years since Bill de Blasio first stood on the steps of City Hall and, placing his hand on a Bible that had once belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, took the oath of office to become New York City’s 109th mayor. It was a frigid day, bitter ..Read More
Code Blue for NYC Posted on December 28, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in WNYC Temperatures forecast to stay 10 to 15 degrees below normal through the weekend. Unsheltered homeless individuals, infants, older adults and people with certain chronic medical conditions are at an increased risk. Benjamin Krakauer, assistant commissioner for ..Read More
