The number of people sleeping in city homeless shelters has hit an all-time high, topping more than 39,000, according to a report released Tuesday.
The Coalition for the Homeless, which put out the report, blamed the Bloomberg administration and its policy of not giving out Section 8 vouchers to those at homeless shelters, something that would [...]
New York City is buying one-way plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city.
It’s part of a Bloomberg administration program to keep the homeless out of the expensive shelter system, which costs $36,000 a year per family. More than 550 families have left the city since 2007. All it takes is for a relative [...]
Mayor Bloomberg took control of the city’s homeless services system Wednesday after more than two decades of court oversight.
The Department of Homeless Services had been under court supervision since 1983, when a judge ruled that the city wasn’t doing enough to guarantee every homeless person’s right to shelter.
“It inevitably created delays, impeded change and stifled [...]
In April, when word reached Crown Heights that New York City’s homeless services agency planned to move its central intake center from Manhattan to the Bedford-Atlantic Armory in Brooklyn, local residents started a fierce campaign to prevent the move.
They handed out fliers, met with elected officials and Department of Homeless Services representatives, and rallied their [...]
