A Letter from Yesenia: “A war without notice” Posted on February 27, 2014 by Tim Campbell Yesenia, aged 14, has been homeless for nearly three years now. As young as she is, she has already lived in several homeless shelters with her mom and her two sisters. For most of Yesenia’s young life, the family lived in a comfortable three-bedroom apartme ..Read More
At Council Hearing, Calls for New York to Offer Homeless Children and Families More Aid Posted on February 27, 2014 by Andrea Elliott in New York Times Members of the City Council pressed the de Blasio administration at a hearing on Thursday to complete a proposal for rental assistance to New York’s homeless and demanded improved services for more than 22,000 children living in city shelters. ..Read More
NY homeless population increasing exponentially Posted on February 25, 2014 by Susan Modaress in Press TV The number of homeless sleeping each night in the New York City shelter system has surpassed 50,000 people, for the first time in three decades. According to a report by the Coalition for the Homeless, more children and adults are homeless now in New York City ..Read More
The dangerous zone between a halfway house and freedom Posted on February 24, 2014 by Maura Ewing in Aljazeera America Last October a man, whom we’ll call Steve, walked around the apartment where he resided in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood, part of a three-building complex of identical redbrick structures stretching down a side street. (All residents’ names have ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Relocates Homeless Children from Notorious City-Run Shelters Posted on February 21, 2014 by GABRIELA SANDOVAL REQUENA Mayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have taken swift action to begin relocating more than 400 homeless children from two notorious City-run shelters long neglected by previous administrations. In a front page follow-up on a landmark five-part series ..Read More
New York Is Removing Over 400 Children From 2 Homeless Shelters Posted on February 21, 2014 by Andrea Elliott and Rebecca R. Ruiz in New York Times In the face of New York’s mounting homeless crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce on Friday that his administration is removing hundreds of children from two city-owned homeless shelters that inspectors have repeatedly cited for deplorable conditions ov ..Read More
If a 6-Year-Old Can Help His City, Why Can’t You? Posted on February 20, 2014 by Sarah Goodyear in The Atlantic Cities Blake Ansari is only six-years-old, but he’s already done something to make his city better. The first-grader, who attends the Metropolitan Montessori School on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, had been thinking this winter about other kids in his city, k ..Read More
Harsh winter leads to more homeless on city streets Posted on February 18, 2014 by Talia Avakian in Pavement Pieces A Styrofoam container of hot soup, a loaf of bread, an orange, and a carton of milk may not seem like much of meal, but for the increasing number of homeless people living in New York’s streets, these meals provided by the Coalition of the Homeless’ Grand ..Read More
TODAY’S READ: Homeless Hope for Better Days with New Mayor Posted on February 14, 2014 by GABRIELA SANDOVAL REQUENA Mayor de Blasio inherited a historic homelessness crisis when he took office last month. But the good news is he can take some immediate steps to reduce New York City’s shelter population with the right mix of housing-based policies. WNYC’s Mirela Iverac r ..Read More
