For Megan Martin, the tipping point came when she passed several men slumped over the steps of a Broadway church in the middle of the day. “They weren’t sleeping, they were in the throes of addiction,” said Martin, who offers her assessment as an anesthesiologist with...
Gov. Cuomo on Monday griped about encampments of homeless people across New York City — and urged Mayor de Blasio to address the problem by forcing people off the streets and into shelters that were emptied during the height of the pandemic. “Not only is a homeless...
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A vigil was held Saturday in support of the homeless men currently living at the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side. A vigil was held Saturday in support of the homeless men currently living at the Lucerne Hotel on...
The MTA cemented a series of emergency rules updating its code of conduct this week — rules that homeless riders and advocates said were aggressively anti-homeless. At its meeting on Wednesday, the MTA Board approved, without discussion, a code of conduct update that...
There has been a growing increase in the number of 311 calls over homeless individuals since the start of the pandemic Statistics show a growing awareness of homelessness in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic turned parts...
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