Mayor de Blasio Launches $400G Ad Campaign Urging Landlords to House Homeless Veterans Posted on October 22, 2015 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News The city is looking for a few good landlords. Mayor de Blasio’s administration is launching a $400,000 ad campaign to urge landlords to house homeless veterans who have vouchers to pay their rent, as officials try to meet a goal of ending veteran homelessnes ..Read More
Homeless Model: New York’s Hidden Homeless Posted on October 23, 2015 by Golda Arthur in BBC News Amid a documented rise in the number of homeless in New York City, many of those without homes may be effectively invisible – going about seemingly normal routines and even work without a place to live. Walking through Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan&# ..Read More
In Chelsea, a Great Wealth Divide Posted on October 23, 2015 by Mireya Navarro in The New York Times Once a month, Darlene Waters grabs her shopping cart and heads uptown from Chelsea to the Port Authority. Walmart and Sam’s Club beckon, just a bus ride away in Secaucus, N.J. “Right now, they are my two favorite stores,” she said. Ms. Waters doesn’t l ..Read More
Homeless People in New York City Won’t be Allowed to Sleep on the Subway This Winter Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nidhi Prakash in Fusion As winter comes around in New York, the city’s police commissioner Bill Bratton said this week that police will be cracking down on homeless people trying to take shelter in the subway system. “Subways are not homeless shelters, and the homeless will not b ..Read More
Being Poor is Too Expensive Posted on October 20, 2015 by Eric Ravenscraft in Lifehacker Some think that being poor is simple. You don’t have enough money to buy a lot of stuff, so you’re forced to buy less stuff. But that’s not really how it works. When you’re broke, you can’t do all the little things that will improve your budget over ..Read More
A More Cost-Effective Adult Homeless Services System Posted on October 22, 2015 by Nicole Bramstedt in Gotham Gazette Last week, the New York City Independent Budget Office published a fiscal brief -Albany Shifts the Burden: As the Cost for Sheltering the Homeless Rises, Federal & City Funds Are Increasingly Tapped- detailing the financing of city homeless shelters from 2 ..Read More
Mary Brosnahan on CUNY TV: Tony Guida’s NY Posted on October 21, 2015 by Tony Guida in CUNY TV Tony Guida’s wish for Mary Brosnahan is that the organization she heads, The Coalition for the Homeless, would “go out of business.” Not likely, soon, but dedicated people continue to explore ways to reduce and hopefully, end homelessness in ..Read More
Today’s Read: How to Fight Homelessness Posted on October 21, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone As the city’s housing affordability crisis worsens and gentrification sweeps into more neighborhoods, a growing number of New Yorkers are facing eviction – and homelessness. An estimated 90 percent of these tenants have to navigate the intimidating maze of ..Read More
Deaf people in NYC Homeless Shelters Will Gain Access to Sign Language Interpreters Posted on October 20, 2015 by Dareh Gregorian in New York Daily News The city’s Department of Homeless Services agreed Tuesday to provide sign language interpreters to deaf people living in homeless shelters — ending a pair of lawsuits that charged the city was discriminating against the hearing-impaired. The settlement ros ..Read More
