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Sep 2021

City’s Effort to Move Homeless Back to Group Shelters Contradicts Earlier Health Dept. Guidance, Documents Show

In correspondence between city and state agencies in May, before the state lifted COVID-19 restrictions, the Health Department recommended halting hotel shelter transfers if the city saw a major variant…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

09

Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

08

Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

As They Return to Group Shelters, Homeless New Yorkers Make Vaccine Choices

Several people staying in hotels during the pandemic said the city’s plan to send them back to group shelters motivated them to get the shot.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

15

Jun 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Hotel Shelter Closure Scatters Families in Search of Permanent Homes

The 40 or so families living at the Hotel Ellington in Manhattan, where the city has been paying for rooms to house homeless New Yorkers for nearly two decades, were…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

19

May 2021

Housing and Homelessness News Transportation

NYC to Hire 112 Temp Workers to Track Homeless in Subways as 24-Hour Service Resumes

The hiring increase worries some advocates who say the data collectors could erode the crucial trust street homeless New Yorkers develop with nonprofit outreach workers who develop relationships during routine…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

03

May 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Video

What Would NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Do About Homelessness? Let’s Go to the Video

Homelessness survivors played a lead role in creating a video voters’ guide on family homelessness starring Eric Adams, Shaun Donovan, Kathryn Garcia, Ray McGuire, Dianne Morales and Scott Stringer.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

11

Feb 2021

Housing and Homelessness News Opinion Transportation

Opinion: New York City has a Homelessness Problem—But it’s Not What You Think

‘We need to abandon once and for all the idea that homelessness is a choice, and that people are not in shelters because they don’t know better. The problem is…

ByJosiah Haken 8Comments

10

Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Number of Single Adults in City’s Homeless Shelters Hits Record High

According to data from the Coalition for the Homeless unveiled Wednesday, there were an estimated 21,210 single homeless men and women in the city’s homeless system in October, a record…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

22

Sep 2020

Opinion

Opinion: The Truth About Homeless Hotels and the Upper West Side

‘I’m appalled at how homeless advocates have lost sight of the needs of this vulnerable population and have turned against a community that spoke out against human suffering.’

ByRobert Mascali 5Comments

03

Sep 2020

Podcasts

Other Voices in the UWS Homeless Hotel Controversy

Was the problem here really the process, or privilege?

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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