Homelessness Archives - Page 15 of 100

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

PHOTOS: Rally to Defend NYC’s Right to Shelter

Hundreds gathered in lower Manhattan Tuesday to rally in defense of New York City’s shelter rights, of growing concern among advocates as temperatures begin to drop.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

ByAdi Talwar

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Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Simple State Budget Fix Could Save Supportive Housing

“For many nonprofit building owners like us, it is not a question of if we will be able to keep these buildings as supportive housing; rather, it is a question…

ByNicole Branca 0Comments

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Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

How a Bronx Election Swerved the Course for Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated

Political calculus around a City Council race in the East Bronx has slowed the approval process for a plan to house seriously ill people leaving jail, and could cue up…

ByEmma Whitford 6Comments

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Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Uncertain Waits or Tickets Away: Immigrants Face New Reality as Shelter Stays Expire

A recently-opened facility dedicated to “reticketing” has sown confusion, emerging as one of the only options—along with new “waiting areas”—for recently-arrived immigrants forced to leave their shelter placements as the…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Education Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

1 in 9 NYC Public School Students Experienced Homelessness Last Year: Report

A record-high of 119,320 students during the 2022-2023 school year were living in the shelter system, “doubled up” in the housing of others or staying in hotels, motels or unsheltered,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC Promised More Apartments to Break a ‘Vicious Cycle.’ Where Are They?

A 2019 plan to expand the Justice Involved Supportive Housing program would satisfy a commitment in former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Points of Agreement to close the city’s notorious jail…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

The legislation introduced in the City Council last week is geared at keeping tenants in flood-prone basement apartments out of harm’s way.

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Mayor’s Latest Bid to Suspend Adult Shelter Rights Cools in Court

“The parties have agreed that for now there should not be a war of legal papers,” New York State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Lebovits said Thursday. “That for now, the…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

‘They Assigned Us Far Away’: As Shelter Limit Policy Expands, Some Families Are Already Too Familiar

Hundreds of recently-arrived immigrant families with children have been subject to 28-day limits on hotel shelter stays in recent months, as the city insists it’s run out of space to…