Today’s Video: State Hasn’t Made Good on Funds to Fight Homelessness in NYC Posted on December 16, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone While thousands of our homeless neighbors struggle to survive on the frigid streets and languish in shelters, elected officials in Albany continue to delay the release of greatly needed funds for supportive housing. Supportive housing is proven to break the cy ..Read More
Advocates: State Hasn’t Made Good on Funds to Fight Homelessness in New York City Posted on December 15, 2016 by Hazel Sanchez in CBS New York Earlier this year Governor Andrew Cuomo promised to invest billions of dollars into solving the growing homeless problem in New York. So far the city has only seen a fraction of the funds. Severe to low temperatures and record high homeless are a dangerous com ..Read More
Warm Coats for Needy Falling Far Short of Goal Posted on December 14, 2016 by Associated Press in Times Union Organizations that collect warm coats for needy New Yorkers are scrambling to meet the demand as freezing temperatures approach. Juan De La Cruz, who runs the Grand Central food program for the Coalition for the Homeless, said requests for coats start coming a ..Read More
Home for the Holidays Posted on December 15, 2016 by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi in Queens Tribune This holiday season many of us will gather in our homes with friends and loved ones to celebrate. Sadly, for families across the state who face eviction and homelessness, the holiday season is a time of stress and worry over the possibility of losing the roof ..Read More
Support Swells for ‘Right to Counsel’ for Low-Income New Yorkers Facing Eviction Posted on December 14, 2016 by Amanda Mikelberg in Metro Legislators and activists petitioned Mayor Bill de Blasio at City Hall Tuesday to give low-income New Yorkers the right to an attorney when facing unjust evictions in housing court. In 2015, de Blasio enacted a plan to support New Yorkers facing unfair evictio ..Read More
City’s Supportive Housing Effort Gets a Boost With 550 New Units Posted on December 13, 2016 by Ameena Walker in Curbed Mayor de Bill de Blasio continues in his pursuit to fix the city’s ongoing housing crisis. Along with his plans to build 80,000 affordable units over the next ten years, the mayor also wants to create 15,000 units of supportive housing during the next 15 yea ..Read More
4 Ways to Support People Experiencing Homelessness During the Arctic Blast Posted on December 12, 2016 by Ann-Derrick Gaillot in Bustle Though national rates of homelessness have been reportedly decreasing in recent years, roughly 550,000 people across the country are still sleeping in shelters, tents, cars, or outside on the ground each night. Winter is a particularly dangerous time for peopl ..Read More
Just Another Day at the Food Pantries That Help the Bronx Survive Posted on December 12, 2016 by Annie Nova in City Limits Although a man could be barred from the afterlife for letting another man go hungry in ancient Egypt, New York City didn’t cook up the idea of soup kitchens as a way to feed the poor until the Great Depression. Now more than 1,100 soup kitchens and food pant ..Read More
New York’s Mayors Throw Support Behind Rental Subsidy Plan Posted on December 6, 2016 by Benjamin Fang in Queens Examiner A statewide organization of mayors announced their support for the Home Stability Support (HSS) plan, a program that would provide rental assistance for vulnerable New Yorkers. The New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM), which repr ..Read More