The Callahan deal is not a victory Posted on March 22, 2024 by Gresham in NY Daily News Last May, Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul initiated an attack on New York’s legal right to shelter for single adults based upon two faulty premises: first, that the city needed more flexibility in responding to the influx of thousands of... ..Read More
Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless announce set Posted on March 15, 2024 by Gresham (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless, following a court-supervised mediation led by New York State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Lebovits, announced a settlement with the City to end the government’s legal challenge to New ..Read More
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Posted on January 9, 2024 by Gresham “This last-minute evacuation further proves that Floyd Bennett Field - a facility mired in a flood zone, miles from schools and other services - has never and will never serve as an appropriate and safe place to shelter families with children... ..Read More
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Posted on January 9, 2024 by Gresham “This investigation reveals a disturbing cover-up by the City to hide the number of Right to Shelter violations it amassed in the summer of 2022. We are extremely troubled by the City’s actions, and by the finding that the City manipulated shelter eligibil ..Read More
New Ad Narrated by Richard Gere Warns of Tent Citi Posted on December 13, 2023 by Gresham The Coalition for the Homeless launched a new ad campaign showing the tent cities that may soon appear on New York City streets if Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul succeed in gutting the “Right to Shelter.” ..Read More
NY SANE, Coalition for the Homeless, The Legal Aid Posted on December 5, 2023 by Gresham The NY SANE coalition, including Coalition for the Homeless, The Legal Aid Society, Win, the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and Housing Justice for All – representing hundreds of housing and tenant organizations, labor unions, faith groups, advocates, servic ..Read More
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Posted on November 29, 2023 by Gresham “Denying new arrivals shelter has resulted in dozens of people sleeping on sidewalks awaiting placement and exposed to 20-degree weather, an egregious breach of the City’s legal and moral obligation to provide shelter in a timely fashion to anyone in need. ..Read More
Op-ed: Helping Homeless People Who Are Mentally Il Posted on November 28, 2023 by Gresham in New York Times “Behind Acts of Violence, Years of Mistakes” (front page, Nov. 21) effectively underscores the decades of neglect, underfunding and mismanagement that have made New York’s mental health system such a resounding failure for so many people in our city. ..Read More
ARTWALK NY Gala Honoring Jenny Holzer Raises Over Posted on November 17, 2023 by Gresham Hundreds of people from New York’s art, philanthropy, business, and activist communities gathered at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn to celebrate the return of ARTWALK NY, the city’s premier art auction and fundraising gala benefiting the Coalition for the Hom ..Read More
