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
Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless Call on Adam Posted on November 1, 2023 by Sarah Murphy The Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless, following a tour of Floyd Bennett Field yesterday, called on the Adams Administration to abandon its plan to shelter families with children in a semi-congregate setting at the facility... ..Read More
Descendants of the New Deal Architects send letter Posted on October 31, 2023 by Sarah Murphy Today, a group of descendants of the original architects of the New Deal sent a letter to Governor Hochul urging her to honor the values established by their grandparents... ..Read More
