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“The city’s annual census–known as the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE)–has served as a tool for measuring our progress toward ending street homelessness. However, HOPE misses a critical component of…

ByBonnie Mohan

ByTess Sommer 1Comment

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Jan 2023

Economy Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Politics

NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year?

Thursday night, the same day Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a preliminary budget focused on “fiscal discipline” and two days after Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out her priorities for the year…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice Transportation

Few Homeless New Yorkers Moving from Subways to Safe Havens, As Enforcement Continues

Adams’ early commitments to open new “low-barrier” shelters comes into sharper focus as he closes out his first year in office, with yet another plan to remove homeless New Yorkers…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark

“We learned decades ago that institutionalizing people, or locking them away in state mental hospitals, was not the solution. This practice demonized people with mental health challenges, disappearing them, and…

ByRaul Ubiles

ByJulia Solomons

ByRosa Jaffe-Gaffner 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

‘No Recording’ Policy in City Shelters Draws Backlash From Residents and Advocates

The new regulation could have a “chilling effect” on advocacy by residents who use photos and videos to show proof of problems inside New York City homeless shelters.

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: It’s Time to Think Outside the Box to Solve the Shelter Crisis

“It is time for the governor and the legislature to step up to the plate and start acting like a partner to Mayor Eric Adams instead of a spectator. In fact,…

ByRobert Mascali 0Comments

14

Oct 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Politics

With Homeless Population at All-Time High, Public Advocate Calls for Citywide Shelter Plan

A bill introduced in the City Council this week would create a 15-member commission that includes people who have experienced homelessness to study current shelter locations, identify new sites and…

ByJulia Kaylakov 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers, But Finding an Apartment Remains Tough

Just 19.4 percent of the 7,788 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) issued to New York City by the Biden Administration in May 2021 have been used to secure an apartment,…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Amid Flood Concerns, Mayor Says NYC Will Move Asylum Seeker Tents to Randall’s Island

The choice of Randall’s Island for the asylum-seeker tents recalls the historic role of the island—along with adjoining Wards Island—as a drop-off point for New York City’s most marginalized groups.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

New York City is opening its latest checkpoint for recently arrived immigrants, this time converting a hotel near Madison Square Garden into an intake and assessment center with rooms for…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

Opinion: City’s Homeless Count Misses a Critical Population—Unhoused New Yorkers in Hospitals

NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year?

Few Homeless New Yorkers Moving from Subways to Safe Havens, As Enforcement Continues

Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark

‘No Recording’ Policy in City Shelters Draws Backlash From Residents and Advocates

Opinion: It’s Time to Think Outside the Box to Solve the Shelter Crisis

NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers, But Finding an Apartment Remains Tough

Amid Flood Concerns, Mayor Says NYC Will Move Asylum Seeker Tents to Randall’s Island

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

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