New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services Posted on September 27, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City and State For most young people, turning 21 is ceremonious. It’s a rite of passage into adulthood celebrated with spirits and friends. But for runaway and homeless youth utilizing New York City’s specialized youth shelter system, turning 21 carries a much di ..Read More
Anti-Overdose Medication Could Help Treat the Opioid Crisis Posted on September 27, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in amNewYork It was as if a lifetime’s worth of experience had led 52-year-old Stephen Weltsek to one moment last winter: In an East New York homeless shelter bathroom a young man passed out with a needle in his arm and Weltsek, coming upon him, knew just what to do. It ..Read More
New Effort to Kill Obamacare Is Called ‘the Most Radical’ Posted on September 21, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The New York Times For decades, Republicans have dreamed of taking some of the vast sums the federal government spends on health care entitlements and handing the money over to states to use as they saw best. Now, in an 11th-hour effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the par ..Read More
School Supply Collection Drive a Big Success Posted on September 20, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Gazette Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Sarah Murphy, the Director of Development for the Coalition for the Homeless, posed with the backpacks and other school supplies that were dropped off at Borough Hall by contributors donating to “Project: Back to Sch ..Read More
Do Homeless People Vote? Posted on September 10, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in City and State A week before the 2016 presidential election, Cecelia Grant didn’t know who she’d vote for – “This election is in a ditch,” she said – but she was sure she wanted to cast a ballot on Nov. 8. “I am planning to vote, but there is one obstacle in my ..Read More
City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living in Homeless Shelters to Public Schools This Year Posted on September 8, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class. City officials said the 5,161 homeless students being taken to school in buses represent a nearly 77% increase over last ye ..Read More
City Council to Consider Expanding Stays at Shelters for Runaway and Homeless Teens, Young Adults Posted on September 6, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in New York Daily News Homeless and runaway youth would be able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be introduced in the City Council Thursday. One bill would allow teens and young adults to stay in the shelters for 120 days, up from 30 day ..Read More
These Cities Are About to Make It Harder for Landlords to Evict People Posted on August 28, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in The Nation In 2013, Randy Dillard found himself on the wrong side of an eviction notice. “I was numb,” he says of the moment he discovered the notice from his landlord. “I was frightened. I was scared. I didn’t know what to do.” A single parent of five a ..Read More
Help Homeless Kids Go Back to School Posted on August 24, 2017 by Jacquelyn Simone in Queens Chronicle Shopping for school supplies is oftentimes an unexpectedly expensive endeavour. But for homeless children, it’s not often they have the luxury of breaking out that brand new binder or notebook on the first day of classes. So Borough President Melinda Katz is ..Read More
