Mayor Unveils $2.6B Supportive Housing Plan Posted on November 18, 2015 by Rocco Vertuccio in NY1 John Schiumo hosts the November 18, 2015 episode of The Call. I’m happy to see the City furthering its efforts to help more people who are without homes. It’s also reassuring to see the Mayor referring to the units he announced funding for today as “supp ..Read More
New York State Assemblyman Calls on Cuomo to Tap State Fund, Aid NYC Homeless Posted on November 23, 2015 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News The chairman of the state Assembly Social Services Committee on Sunday called on Gov. Cuomo to tap into $2.1 billion the state has collected from legal settlements to help address the city’s growing homeless problem. Days after Mayor de Blasio announced a pl ..Read More
Challenges Grow Along With de Blasio’s Expanded Efforts on Unsheltered Homeless Posted on November 23, 2015 by Brendan Cheney in Politico New York Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s early move to increase funding for unsheltered homeless people, that population appears to be growing faster than the city’s efforts to address its needs. De Blasio has expanded outreach teams that contact and develop ..Read More
New York’s Poorest Area has 44% Living in Poverty Posted on November 20, 2015 in AFP Away from the glittering lights of New York’s entertainment and banking hub, nearly half the residents in the city’s poorest neighborhood live in poverty, according to data released Friday. New York has been unveiling statistics across the cityR ..Read More
More Than 500,000 People Homeless in the United States: Report Posted on November 19, 2015 by Eric M. Johnson in Reuters More than 500,000 people – a quarter of them children – were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released on Thursday. The report, from the U.S. Department of Housin ..Read More
Tackling the Homeless Crisis, Without Mr. Cuomo Posted on November 20, 2015 by The Editorial Board in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a plan to create 15,000 “supportive housing” apartments for chronically homeless New Yorkers. He says he is seriously ramping up the city’s response to a crisis that he promised to fix, but that has gotten wors ..Read More
Today’s Video: City Announces 15,000 Units of Supportive Housing Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jacquelyn Simone This week, Mayor de Blasio made history by announcing a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing in New York City over the next 15 years. This is the largest commitment to supportive housing made by any mayor, and its importance cannot be overstated. ..Read More
NYC Announces $2.6 Billion Investment to Fight Homelessness Posted on November 18, 2015 by The Associated Press in The New York Times Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday announced a massive $2.6 billion housing investment to help New York City’s homeless, declaring that the city would not wait for New York state’s help in combating a growing crisis that has dominated headlines and ..Read More
De Blasio Moves First on ‘Supportive Housing,’ Challenging Cuomo Posted on November 19, 2015 by Laura Nahmias, Brendan Cheney, Dana Rubinstein in Politico New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday he could no longer wait for the state of New York to hash out a deal to build new housing for the homeless and mentally ill. After months of negotiations between the de Blasio administration and Gov. Andrew Cuomo turned sour ..Read More
