CFH Response to NYC Safe Announcement

For Immediate Release: August 6, 2015 COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS STATEMENT ON NYC SAFE ANNOUNCEMENT NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the launch of “NYC Safe.” In response, the Coalition for the Homeless issued this statement from President & C ..Read More

CFH Statement on State’s Denial of Shelter A

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2015 Contact: Dan Levitan, Dan@Berlinrosen.com, 646-200-5315 COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS STATEMENT ON STATE’S DENIAL OF SHELTER AID The Coalition for the Homeless released today the following statement from President and CEO Mar ..Read More

CFH Statement on Calls to Close Project Renewal Sh

Punishing the other residents of Project Renewal’s Bronx Boulevard Men’s Shelter by closing it down would be the worst response to this tragedy. Rather than taking the easy way out, we need our elected officials to contribute to real solutions. ..Read More

CFH Responds to NYS Budget Agreement

Today’s budget agreement includes welcome new investments in anti-homelessness initiatives – and we are grateful to the Assembly Majority for adding over $29 million in new funds to prevent homelessness. ..Read More

State of the Homeless 2015

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2015 Contact: Dan Levitan, Dan@Berlinrosen.com, 646 200-5315 STATE OF THE HOMELESS 2015 TURNING THE TIDE: New York City Takes Steps to Combat Record Homelessness, but Albany Must Step Up  Record 60,000 New Yorkers in Shelter I ..Read More

Statement on DOI Report on Family Shelter Conditio

For Immediate Release March 12, 2015 Statement on Department of Investigation Report on Family Shelter Conditions See the report here Mary Brosnahan, President and CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless, made the following statement: “These findings are deepl ..Read More

Letter to the Editor: “No Place Like Home

Homelessness in New York City rose exponentially under Mayor Bloomberg when the City’s runaway affordability crisis met the Mayor’s disastrous decision to cut off permanent housing options – like Section 8 vouchers and NYCHA apartments – from families ..Read More