Council Bill to Increase Homeless Housing Has Enough Sponsors to Override Veto Posted on January 29, 2019 by Janaki Chadha in PoliticoPro A bill that would substantially increase the amount of housing set aside for homeless New Yorkers now has enough sponsors in the City Council to override a veto, as the de Blasio administration remains resistant to the idea. The legislation, introduced by Coun ..Read More
CityViews: State Must Equip the City to Truly Combat the Homeless Crisis Posted on January 28, 2019 by Eric Adams in CityLimits.org Across the five boroughs, homelessness has become too commonplace. Many of its victims are living on the streets, sleeping in parks, and escaping these cold winter months underground in the subways. An all-time record 63,500 New Yorkers sleep in shelters every ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on NYS Executive Budget 2019 Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone Last week, Coalition for the Homeless submitted testimony to the Fiscal Committees of the New York State Legislature on the NYS Executive Budget 2019. Although there are some positive developments in the recently released Executive Budget, Governor Cuomo has c ..Read More
Veto-Proof Majority of City Council Members Support Bill to Create More Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 28, 2019 by Giselle Routhier Last Tuesday, an important City Council bill reached the critical veto-proof milestone of 34 cosponsors. Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. initially sponsored Intro. 1211 just a few months ago: It would require developers who receive City financial assista ..Read More
Hevesi Urges Cuomo to Fund ‘Home Stability Support’ to Curb Homelessness Posted on January 22, 2019 by Mark Hallum in TimesLedger State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi is calling for the executive budget to include a critical program he claims will stop the growth of homelessness in its tracks in a recent letter Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Home Stability Support is not just aimed at saving individuals ..Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Shady Real Estate Clan at Center of New York City’s Plan to Convert Homeless Apartments Into Affordable Housing Posted on January 20, 2019 by Michael Gartland in New York Daily News The city’s plan to convert nearly 500 “cluster site” homeless apartments into affordable housing hinges on acquiring 17 buildings controlled by the notorious Podolsky family, known for years as one of the city’s worst landlords, the Daily News has lear ..Read More
Shutdown’s Pain Cuts Deep for the Homeless and Other Vulnerable Americans Posted on January 21, 2019 by Glenn Thrush in The New York Times WASHINGTON — Ramona Wormley-Mitsis got welcome news in December: After years of waiting, the federal government had approved a subsidy that allowed her to rent a three-bedroom house, bracketed by a white picket fence to keep her two autistic sons from boltin ..Read More
As De Blasio Touts Affordable Housing Milestone, Critics Says He’s Failing The Poorest New Yorkers Posted on January 17, 2019 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist In what is becoming an annual victory lap, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday once again congratulated his administration for breaking another record for affordable housing: a total of 34,160 affordable homes financed by the city in 2018. The milestone failed t ..Read More
Coalition Testifies on Affordable Housing for Homeless New Yorkers Posted on January 15, 2019 by Jacquelyn Simone On Monday, Coalition for the Homeless and The Legal Aid Society presented testimony before the New York City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings in support of Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr.’s Intro. 1211, which would require developers who re ..Read More
