New York City's subway system has become a haven for homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Patrick Warren, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's chief safety officer, said the homeless issue has become a "pandemic in itself." According to the local Department of Social Servi...
turning to tent facilities, school gyms and parks to comply with a state law requiring housing for the homeless. Though Staten Island is home to only a small fraction of those shelters, they have generated an outsize share of animosity. ...
New York City has an array of public and private homeless outreach shelters and programs designed to assist those with the most dire need of support. The city's Department of Homeless Services oversees the operation and funding of all shelters. Many shelters accept only cash donations, but some...
NYC homeless boom puts shelters in lap of wealthyMEGHAN BARR
The mayor says the number of migrants housed by New York has gone down for 27 straight weeks and 78% of asylum seekers that have stayed at city shelters have left. "There are those who are looking to work ... Over 78 percent of those who came here have cycled out of the system. Yo...
Compassionate housing solutions in NYC for families transitioning from shelters to homes with vouchers.
If migrants continue to arrive at the current rate, the mayor warns the city's shelter population, now near capacity at a record 61,000 people, could top 100,000 people in the year to come. The mayor said 42 h...
The shelters in question were the Roosevelt Hotel, which served as an intake center for thousands of migrants for two years, the Stewart Hotel and the Hotel Chandler. "Is there any way you could protect these migrants from the intrusion of the federal investigation where they're trying to fin...
Homeless man in front of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, with food received from the crew in the Coalition for the Homeless van before the streets of New York City were shut down for the approaching blizzard. But while many shelters were undoubtedly bursting at the seams Monday night...
The bulk of the funding will go toward the creation of an additional 900 so-called “safe haven” beds, an alternative to the city’s dormitory-style shelters, as well as 100 new beds for homeless children and teens, according to Anne Williams-Isom, the deputy mayor for health and human...