Number of New Yorkers in Shelters Quietly Grew by 11.5% in 2024, as Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul Continue Failing to Focus on Proven Solutions…


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Food
We bring hot nutritious meals to those living rough on the streets of the city, every night of the year.

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We provide lifesaving services to more than 11,000 homeless and at-risk individuals and families per year.

Housing
We give homeless families and single adults the dignity and stability of a home of their own.

Job Training
We offer homeless and low-income women the training and support they need to find living-wage jobs.

Youth Programs
We give homeless kids the help and support they need to keep up with the peers at school.

Advocacy
We advance long-term solutions to the crisis of homelessness and defend the rights of homeless people.
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As of June 24, anyone looking for shelter—including newly arrived immigrants—should go to the Department of Homeless Services’ regular intake centers, City Limits has learned…
Sweltering summer days are particularly brutal for homeless New Yorkers stuck sleeping inside dozens of city shelters without air conditioning in the bedrooms…
As New Yorkers face a critical shortage of affordable homes, city lawmakers are asking why thousands of public housing apartments are vacant — and why they are taking well over a year to fill on average.
The lack of affordable apartments in New York City is driving more New Yorkers into homeless shelters, according to a new report…

As mayoral candidates develop their platforms for the upcoming election, experts are urging all candidates to make ending homelessness a central campaign issue and to adopt the plan’s recommendations.
“Instead of providing proven systems of support to pregnant people experiencing homelessness, the city is choosing to delay help through an unnecessary study, failing to deliver what it already knows works.”
Dozens of New York City shelters for homeless adults don’t provide Wi-Fi access in their buildings, making it hard for residents to find work and housing, and stay in touch with friends and family, a new report shows…
The Adams administration says it’s working to reduce the number of babies born in New York City shelters — a number that reached an estimated 2,000 births between July 2023 and June 2024.

Marisol Casilla, First Step graduate from class 119, sharing her journey to career success across 11 years, with her sisterhood of First Steppers by her side along the way.