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(NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless issued the following statement in response to an announcement that the New York City Council will hold an oversight hearing on the City’s shelter intake process at its intake center ..Read More

(NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless released the following statement in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ misleading and problematic comments on asylum families and others seeking safe refuge at local homeless shelters: †..Read More

(NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless released the following statement in response to reporting by NBC 4 New York and confirmation from clients and the City, which revealed that the City violated local law by denying multi ..Read More

Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless Decry Mayor’s Comments on Asylum Seekers Adding to the City’s Spiraling Homelessness Crisis Advocates Also Condemn Continued Encampment Sweeps, Call on City Hall to Appropriate More Funding to Bolster Affordable Housin ..Read More

NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 — The following statement is in response to the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) Survey results and can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director with Coalition for the Homeless: “As we have long said, the HOPE ..Read More

The following statement can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director with Coalition for the Homeless: “While Mayor Adams’ plan has some laudable goals for addressing many of the problems encountered by homeless New Yorkers, more action and invest ..Read More

The following statement can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director with the Coalition for the Homeless: “Based on today’s announcement, we are dismayed that the City’s FY23 budget does not include sufficient housing capital funds to even star ..Read More

City Hall Also Now Adding Burdensome Requirements for Homeless New Yorkers to Secure Safe Living Accommodations (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless condemned the City over its plan to move elder and high-risk homeless Ne ..Read More

Report shows failures of Mayor de Blasio’s housing plan – and how Mayor Adams can address the affordability crisis. NEW YORK, NY, June 1, 2022 – The Coalition for the Homeless today released Housing Affordability: The Dire Housing Crisis for Extremely Lo ..Read More