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
Mayor Promises New Yorkers Only Incremental Change on Homelessness Posted on October 12, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in NY1 For a mayor prone to making bold promises, Bill de Blasio is taking a different tact on homelessness. “I today cannot see an end. I can see improvement and constant progress if we all do things right,” de Blasio said on February 28, 2017. The city& ..Read More
10% of New York City Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year Posted on October 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times The number of homeless students in the New York City public school system rose again last year, according to state data expected to be released on Tuesday. The increase pushed the city over a sober milestone: One in every 10 public school students was homeless ..Read More
New York’s Mayor Says He’s Got a Plan to Help Solve the City’s Housing Crisis Posted on October 4, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Nation New York City’s most consequential mayors were all builders. Fiorello La Guardia presided over a massive build-out of the city’s infrastructure, paid for by federal New Deal dollars. Robert Wagner developed a huge amount of public housing. Ed Koch and Mich ..Read More
New York is Betting $155 Million That It Can Cut Evictions Posted on October 2, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Marketplace At New York City’s housing court in downtown Brooklyn, where judges preside over landlord-tenant disputes, about 30 people stand in line, waiting to speak to a clerk. They’re representing themselves in court. “This is the kind of bottleneck entry poi ..Read More
NYC to Pay Year of Rent for Some Homeless Families Willing to Leave Town Posted on September 29, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Gothamist With homelessness at a record high, New York City is piloting an initiative to cover twelve months of rent for homeless families seeking housing outside the five boroughs, as first reported by WNYC. The Human Resources Administration sent a letter to NYC shelt ..Read More
