Serving Mott Haven, Melrose & Port Morris
“Homeless Bill of Rights” before City Council aims to hold shelters accountable. The congregate room at the Melrose shelter where Jimmy Livingston has been living for over a year consistently…
Failures by the city’s homeless agency to properly investigate applications by families seeking entry to a city homeless shelter have resulted in more than two out of five families being…
Eviction moratoriums during the pandemic have reduced the number of homeless New Yorkers by about 25%, but single-adult homelessness remains near an all-time high, and congregate shelter conditions are still…
Homeless advocacy organizations are scrambling to find alternative housing options for the thousands who will be displaced because of the termination of a city and state funded housing program…