Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on March 30, 2018 by Nicole Edine New York, NY – The Coalition for the Homeless today released the following statement on behalf of Deputy Executive Director for Policy Shelly Nortz, referring to the below budget language: “The Governor’s petty power grab will only serve to undermine the ..Read More
Mary Brosnahan Steps Down as President and CEO on Posted on March 20, 2018 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK – The Coalition for the Homeless announced today that President and CEO Mary Brosnahan is stepping down after three decades of groundbreaking advocacy and service on behalf of homeless New Yorkers. “Mary built the Coalition from its humble, gr ..Read More
State of the Homeless 2018 Posted on March 14, 2018 by Nicole Edine Homelessness Continues to Reach Record Highs as Mayor’s Housing Plan Fails to Address the City’s Urgent Needs NEW YORK, NY -The Coalition for the Homeless released today its 2018 State of the Homeless report, Fate of a Generation: How the City and State Ca ..Read More
New Report Finds City’s Housing Plan Leaves Posted on January 31, 2018 by Nicole Edine Record Overall Housing Production Will Make Only Modest Impact on Homelessness, ‘Moment of Truth’ Shows NEW YORK – A new report from the Coalition for the Homeless released today shows that despite record levels of affordable housing preservation a ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Responds to Governor Cu Posted on January 4, 2018 by Sarah Murphy Compassion is Good. Fix the Shelters, Don’t Arrest the Homeless Governor Cuomo today reminded New Yorkers that record homelessness is not acceptable and that it is our job as a compassionate society to reach out and help homeless people on the streets. We ag ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement on Homeless C Posted on December 21, 2017 by Nicole Edine NEW YORK, NY – Roughly 63,000 New Yorkers, including nearly 24,000 children, will spend this holiday season in homeless shelters. Thousands more will bed down on the frigid streets. Homelessness in New York City is now at its highest level since the Great De ..Read More
Coalition for the Homeless Statement in Response t Posted on December 12, 2017 by Nicole Edine “Today’s announcement is a very positive step toward the laudable goal of eliminating the use of cluster sites and converting these apartments into permanent housing for homeless New Yorkers, as advocates and experts have long called for. The potential use ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio, Wake Up and Build a Solution to H Posted on November 24, 2017 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News Mayor de Blasio won re-election handily, promising in his victory speech to make New York City the fairest city in America. It’s a bold vision — one he’s soon going to make a trip to Iowa to try to sell on the national stage. But with 62,000 homeless New ..Read More
Letter to the Editor: De Blasio Turns Bloomberg Posted on October 23, 2017 by Nicole Edine in New York Daily News It was disturbing and disappointing to see the mayor touting his Bloomberg-style change of course to make it harder for homeless families to gain access to lifesaving shelters (“Meet the new Bill de Blasio,” editorial, Oct. 18), a policy that seems predica ..Read More
