Homeless Advocates Rally Mayor de Blasio ...
More than 100 New Yorkers marched the streets of the Upper East Side on Wednesday, chanting, “Housing is a human right. Fight! ... Read more
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NYC Politicians Push Mayor De Blasio for Homeless Child Funding
One in ten students enrolled in city schools are homeless — but Mayor de Blasio won’t pay for social workers who’d make a huge difference those needy kids’ lives, local politicians charge. De ... Read more
De Blasio May Require More Homeless Housing
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is looking to require more apartments for the homeless through city-financed housing deals as it bats away a City Council proposal that would legislate a similar requirement. As ... Read more
‘We’re Just Trying To Live’: UWS Homeless Shelter Resident Speaks Out Against NIMBY Backlash
T. Campbell was walking home on the Upper West Side earlier this year when she encountered two reporters for the New York Post. They wanted to know what her living conditions were like. Campbell, along ... Read more
‘Someone To Speak For You’: Low-Income Tenants Get Lawyers For Housing Court
Jacqueline Davis walked into the Bronx's housing court hoping to stop her landlord from evicting her from the one-bedroom apartment she has lived in for nearly 30 years. The 74-year-old retiree says ... Read more
WCNY: Capitol Pressroom – Asm. Andrew Hevesi
Asm. Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), chair of the Assembly’s Social Services Committee, discussed Home Stability Supports, that prevent families on the brink of homelessness from losing their homes Read more
Opinion: Will NY State Take a First Step Toward Ending Homelessness?
The single best thing that New York’s state government could do to improve housing policy is to provide more rent assistance to pay part of the rent for tenants in imminent danger of becoming homeless ... Read more
Interview: Coalition for the Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier
Coalition for the Homeless Policy Director Giselle Routhier joined CBSN New York's Dana Tyler about affordable housing planning and new construction which can help alleviate the city's shelter and street ... Read more
Protestors Demanding More Homeless Housing Interrupt Council Hearing
Interrupting testimony from the city's housing agency at a Council budget hearing today, advocates called for Mayor Bill de Blasio's housing plan to set aside more units for homeless and lower-income New ... Read more
Homeless Advocates Slam De Blasio, Demand More Housing
Advocates for the city’s homeless demanded on Friday that Mayor de Blasio do more to provide permanent, affordable housing for thousands of New Yorkers living in shelters and on city streets. Coalition ... Read more
Rent Subsidy to Prevent Homelessness
New York Assembly Member (D-28th District, Forest Hills), Andrew Hevesi, and New York State Senator (D-Manhattan, 28th district), Liz Krueger, who is chair of the Senate Finance Committee, talk about Home ... Read more
Homeless New Yorkers Are Spending More Time in Shelters Than Ever Before
Not only are there more homeless New Yorkers today than compared to six years ago, but they’re staying in shelters an average three to four months longer than they used to, despite programs launched ... Read more
Arrests Don’t Deter Advocates Calling on Gov. Cuomo to Back Measure to Combat Homelessness
A chorus of chants echoed through the state Capitol building over back-to-back days this week as activists called on Gov. Cuomo to take action on a measure to combat homelessness. The clanging of cuffs ... Read more