Statement on Mayor Adams’ Plan to Open More Safe Posted on April 25, 2022 by Zoe Johnson For Immediate Release: April 25, 2022 Media Contact: press@cfthomeless.org Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Mayor Adams’ Plan to Open More Safe Haven Shelters The following statement can be attributed to Dave Giffen, Executive Director for th ..Read More
Statement from the Coalition for the Homeless and Posted on April 12, 2022 by Zoe Johnson For Immediate Release: April 12, 2022 Media Contacts: Coalition for the Homeless: press@cfthomeless.org Legal Aid Society: Redmond Haskins, Director of Media Relations 929.441.2384 rhaskins@legal-aid.org Statement from the Coalition for the Homeless a ..Read More
Statement on Mayor Adams’ Plan to Open a Ne Posted on March 29, 2022 by Zoe Johnson For Immediate Release: March 29, 2022 Media Contact: press@cfthomeless.org Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Mayor Adams’ Plan to Open a New Safe Haven Homeless Shelter The following statement can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy D ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Mayor Adam Posted on March 26, 2022 by Zoe Johnson For Immediate Release – March 26, 2022 Media Contact: press@cfthomeless.org Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Mayor Adams’ Plan to Clear Homeless Encampments The following statement can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Directo ..Read More
State of the Homeless 2022: New York at a Crossroa Posted on March 22, 2022 by Zoe Johnson The Coalition for the Homeless today released its annual State of the Homeless report, New York at a Crossroads, providing a comprehensive look at the causes of – and solutions to – homelessness in New York. ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Senseless Posted on March 13, 2022 by Zoe Johnson For Immediate Release – March 13, 2022 Media Contact: press@cfthomeless.org Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Senseless Shootings of Homeless New Yorkers The following statement can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director for the ..Read More
“Sickening” Analogy – Coalition Posted on February 18, 2022 by Zoe Johnson Repeating the failed outreach-based policing strategies of the past will not end the suffering of homeless people bedding down on the subway. It is sickening to hear Mayor Adams liken unsheltered homeless people to a cancer. ..Read More
What the Homeless Need: More Mental Health Care Posted on February 2, 2022 by Zoe Johnson Originally published in the New York Daily News. In the 1980s, I was attacked by a homeless woman suffering from mental illness. She knocked me to the ground and injured my windpipe. She was in her 60s and had come to the upstate shelter where I worked after b ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on January 5, 2022 by Zoe Johnson For Immediate Release Media contact: press@cfthomeless.org Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response to Gov. Hochul’s 2022 State of the State Address The following statement can be attributed to Shelly Nortz, Deputy Executive Director for P ..Read More
