Homelessness Hits All-Time Record High As Bloomber

For Immediate Release: June 8, 2012 Contact: Dan Levitan (BerlinRosen) 646.200.5315 STATE OF THE HOMELESS 2012 HOMELESSNESS HITS ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH AS BLOOMBERG’S FAILED RESPONSE DEEPENS CRISIS 43,000 New Yorkers, 17,000 Children Stay in City Shelters Each ..Read More

Non-Profits Unite to Fight Senseless Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2012 Contact: Sara Stuart – 212-828-6024 or 917-566-1462 Shelly Nortz – 518-424-3073 NON-PROFITS UNITE TO FIGHT LAW THAT MAKES IT A FELONY TO EMPLOY LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS Scores of organizations band together to call for G ..Read More

The Unfathomable Cuts in Housing Aid

Part of a special issue of The Nation devoted to the nation's tattered social safety net, this article, written by the Coalition's Senior Policy Analyst, Patrick Markee, details the effects of the past decade's cutbacks in Federal affordable housing assistance ..Read More

Report: Homelessness at Record Levels and Surging

For Immediate Release: November 9, 2011 Report: Homelessness at Record Levels and Surging as City Poised to Tighten Access to Shelters Shelter Population Passes 40,000 for First Time as Council Holds Emergency Hearing on Dangerous Department of Homeless Servic ..Read More

As New Homeless Intake Center Opens, Report Finds

For Immediate Release: May 2, 2011 As New Homeless Intake Center Opens, Report Finds Record Number of Families Turned Away from City Homeless Shelters City Data Shows Denial of Shelter Rates Top 66% — An All-Time High NEW YORK – With homelessness at record ..Read More

Community Groups and Unions Launch Strong Economy

Press Release: Strong Economy for All Coalition Leaders of New York’s community groups and unions launched the Strong Economy for All Coalition Tuesday to press for policies to benefit working, middle-class and low income New Yorkers, including retaining the ..Read More