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Announcing in an election year a plan to create 90 new homeless shelters takes a certain amount of courage. But that doesn’t mean it will solve the problem.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Preventing Senior Homelessness is Worth the Money

In the past few years, hundreds of seniors have been referred to the SHPP program by Bronx Housing Court Judges – all with good results. But, unless new money is…

ByEileen Torres 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: NYCHA’s Future, 421-a’s Cost, Mayor’s Homelessness Vision

Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy resume their friendly chats about policy news in New York City.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Advocates Demand Albany Tax Rich to Address Homelessness Crisis

Organizers say Governor Cuomo and the state senate must back three redistributive tax policies to address the homelessness crisis.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Homeless Plan Aims to Replace Hotels and Cluster Sites with New Shelters

The plan commits the administration to the goal of reducing the shelter population by 2,500 over the next five years. As of Monday, there were 59,997 people in New York…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

Shelter System and Other NYC Services Should Be Safe for Migrants, Experts Say

City statute and U.S. law mean federal authorities are unlikely to succeed if the try to get information on the immigration status of people who used homeless services or other…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Feb 2017

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth Video

Gentrification and Homelessness: A One-Man Drama

In a span of three weeks, Kilusan Bautista experienced the fear and rejection of being evicted, living on the street and being denied for new places to live. From that…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 1Comment

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Feb 2017

Opinion

CityViews: The Long View on New York’s Homeless Problem

An author who documented the homeless problem as it existed in 1981 argues many in the city are still misled by the notion that homelessness is an aberration or interloper.…

ByKim Hopper 1Comment

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Jan 2017

Uncategorized

CityViews: Homelessness Crisis Demands a New Kind of Shelter—Not More Hotel Rooms

If neighborhoods don’t want the shelters New York City needs, make them a better offer like the one Mayor Koch developed during an earlier era’s housing emergency: promising that today’s…

ByRalph da Costa Nunez 1Comment

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Jan 2017

Uncategorized

CityViews: City’s Effort to Tally Homeless Youth Won’t Add Up

New York is once again set to count the youths who live on its streets. But this advocate believes the way the count is done, and the policy context in…

ByCraig Hughes 0Comments

Issues ’17: Is De Blasio’s Homeless Plan Worth the Political Risks?

CityViews: Preventing Senior Homelessness is Worth the Money

Max & Murphy: NYCHA’s Future, 421-a’s Cost, Mayor’s Homelessness Vision

Advocates Demand Albany Tax Rich to Address Homelessness Crisis

De Blasio Homeless Plan Aims to Replace Hotels and Cluster Sites with New Shelters

Shelter System and Other NYC Services Should Be Safe for Migrants, Experts Say

Gentrification and Homelessness: A One-Man Drama

CityViews: The Long View on New York’s Homeless Problem

CityViews: Homelessness Crisis Demands a New Kind of Shelter—Not More Hotel Rooms

CityViews: City’s Effort to Tally Homeless Youth Won’t Add Up

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