Posted on June 24, 2016 by Jarrett Murphy in City Limits City Limits, By Jarrett Murphy It has been quite a year for homeless policy in New York City. It was last summer that the press frenzied over homeless encampments around the city, prompting a police crackdown. Then came the fall, and the mayor’s announcement he’d stop waiting for an agreement with the state and provide 15,000 units of supportive housing. April brought news that the de Blasio administration would fold the Department of Homeless Services into the Human Resources Administration to better coordinate services. In between, there were violent incidents in homeless facilities, a scathing Scott Stringer audit of conditions in homeless housing, and what seemed like welcome news from Albany: Gov. Cuomo’s $1.9 billion housing plan, which included money for even more supportive housing than the city was funding.
