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The lawsuit targets new criteria around who qualifies for safe haven and stabilization shelters, saying it makes it harder for street homeless people to access those beds and discriminates against…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City’s Yearly Street Homeless Estimate Climbs to 2nd Highest Number on Record

“There were a lot of systems that weren’t working perfectly before COVID, and then during COVID really broke down and haven’t necessarily come back all the way,” Department of Social…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 5Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

At a Council hearing, officials said the city has recorded 318,000 “engagements” since February 2022 between street homeless residents and police or outreach workers, including instances where the same individual…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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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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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

Adams Orders Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill, While Housing Remains Out of Reach

The mayor issued a directive to the NYPD, emergency medical services and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene empowering them to “involuntarily transport” people experiencing acute mental health crises…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually

Since Jan. 1, City Limits has been publishing more accurate homeless shelter census figures after a Council bill to force the city to publish a true number failed last year. The…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics Transportation

City’s Homeless Services Head Hails Moves Out of Subway, But Won’t Say How Many Stay in Shelter

More than 700 people staying on trains or at end-of-line stations accepted placement in a temporary shelter in the first two months of Adams’ so-called “Subway Safety Plan,” according to…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

At Bronx Welcome Center, NYC Tests New Approach to Shelter for Street Homeless

The site opened to people moving off the streets and subways on March 28, amid significant backlash to ongoing homeless sweeps and calls by advocates and some elected officials for…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: We Need More Housing–Not More Cops–to Make Our Subways Safer

“If we are truly invested in preventing and eventually ending this horrific blight of hatred and violence against people who are homeless, we must work to end homelessness itself. This…

ByAlicia Singham Goodwin

ByBrandon West 1Comment

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

The City is Pushing Homeless New Yorkers Off the Streets and Subways. Where Will They Go?

The Adams administration has touted Safe Havens as an alternative for those who would rather sleep outside than in a traditional homeless shelter. But there are too few of the…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

New City Rules Make It Harder to Access ‘Low-Barrier’ Homeless Shelters: Lawsuit

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

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

Adams Orders Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill, While Housing Remains Out of Reach

Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually

At Bronx Welcome Center, NYC Tests New Approach to Shelter for Street Homeless

Opinion: We Need More Housing–Not More Cops–to Make Our Subways Safer

The City is Pushing Homeless New Yorkers Off the Streets and Subways. Where Will They Go?

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