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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

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

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

For Immediate Release Media Contact: press@cfthomeless.org   Coalition for the Homeless Calls on City to Protect Homeless New Yorkers from Omicron Variant The following statement can be attributed to Jacquelyn Simone, Policy Director for the Coalition for ..Read More

For Immediate Release Media Contact: press@cfthomeless.org NEW YORK, NY— The following statement is in response to Coalition for the Homeless-alum Daniel W. Tietz’s forthcoming nomination to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Temporary and Disability A ..Read More

For Immediate Release Media contact: press@cfthomeless.org New York State Takes Critical Step to Help Thousands of New Yorkers Exit Homelessness, and Help Thousands More to Remain in Their Homes NEW YORK, NY  —   The following statement is in response to ..Read More

New campaign advocates for right to housing and marks the 40th anniversary of the legal right to shelter in NYC. New York, NY — November 29, 2021 — Today, the Coalition for the Homeless launched Home is Hope, a new campaign highlighting the urgent need for ..Read More

NBK Essentials Volunteers Aim to Support Unhoused New Yorkers During the Pandemic New York, NY — November 22, 2021 — Today, the Coalition for the Homeless announced the recipient of its sixth annual Compassionate Communities Award: North Brooklyn Essential ..Read More

Originally published in The New York Daily News As cities throughout the United States are grappling with how to address the growing problem of mass homelessness, many municipalities have been turning a curious eye to New York, where, despite our many challeng ..Read More