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Hear the voices of those who want the city to reopen a comfort station that has been closed since the 70s in an area where cops write hundreds of tickets…

ByJarrett Murphy 10Comments

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Jan 2019

Opinion

CityViews: State Must Equip the City to Truly Combat the Homeless Crisis

‘Mayor de Blasio’s plan to combat homelessness was a good start, but its commitment to permanent housing solutions falls short for the magnitude of the emergency we face,’ Borough President…

ByEric Adams 0Comments

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Jan 2019

Opinion

CityViews: Is NYPD Oversight Really Making Homeless Shelters Safer?

‘This month marks two years of NYPD oversight of shelter security. With so much invested in the arrangement, a thorough examination is overdue.’

ByDaniel Kennedy 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Max & Murphy: The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan

A top homelessness policy advocate and the city’s chief affordable-housing development official discuss the pros and cons of the de Blasio housing plan.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Opinion

CityViews: U.S. Cities Have the Power to Ease Our Housing Crisis

‘Housing affordability can seem like an intractable problem – an issue where local policy makers are powerless in the face of national economic forces. The reality is quite different.’

ByIngrid Gould Ellen

ByMark Willis 0Comments

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Sep 2018

Opinion

CityViews: De Blasio Can Fulfill his Progressive Promise by Retooling his Housing Plan

‘In many of the nation’s big cities, hunger and homelessness remain rampant. But given that Mayor de Blasio is enacting so many progressive policies to combat poverty, why are these…

ByJoel Berg

ByGiselle Routhier 1Comment

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Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Why Quibble Over Who’s ‘Homeless’? We Can Afford Housing as a Right for All.

‘It’s scandalous that we would rather blow up homes (and you know, people) in foreign countries than supply them to anyone who needs them in ours.’

ByPete Harrison 0Comments

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Mar 2018

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget

There is a $15 million allocation for rental subsidies and a modest allocation for NYCHA, but also language on state oversight that concerns some advocates.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Mar 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Government Can Close the Parole-to-Shelter Pipeline

Rikers or a shelter? Neither is a good alternative. Not for community safety. Not for taxpayers. Not for anything. Surely there’s a better way.

ByJoAnne Page 0Comments

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Mar 2018

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Top Homeless Advocate on Shelter Numbers, De Blasio’s Agenda, Cuomo’s Record

Giselle Routhier, policy director at the Coalition for the Homeless, talks about the latest shelter numbers, the highlights and low points of Mayor de Blasio’s record on homelessness and the…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

East Harlem Advocates’ Shocking Demand: Could We Use the Restroom?

CityViews: State Must Equip the City to Truly Combat the Homeless Crisis

CityViews: Is NYPD Oversight Really Making Homeless Shelters Safer?

Max & Murphy: The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan

CityViews: U.S. Cities Have the Power to Ease Our Housing Crisis

CityViews: De Blasio Can Fulfill his Progressive Promise by Retooling his Housing Plan

CityViews: Why Quibble Over Who’s ‘Homeless’? We Can Afford Housing as a Right for All.

Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget

CityViews: Government Can Close the Parole-to-Shelter Pipeline

Max & Murphy: Top Homeless Advocate on Shelter Numbers, De Blasio’s Agenda, Cuomo’s Record

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