by BFTS | Nov 30, 2020 | Community, Walking Around New York
Chalk drawings in a rainbow of hews lined the sidewalks of the Upper West Side on Sunday, starting at the Lucerne Hotel — where 200 homeless men are being sheltered — and stretching around the corner along West 79th Street. It was the neighbors’ way of telling the... 
by BFTS | Nov 29, 2020 | Opinion
Hell’s Kitchen sits in the center of Manhattan, the heart of New York City. Pre-pandemic, the commuters and tourists who walked our streets would see a mix of people who are well-to-do, middle class and, in some cases, down on their luck. What many would not have... 
by BFTS | Nov 28, 2020 | National News
Six months after the Trump Administration blocked Sacramento officials from opening a large homeless shelter under the W-X freeway, Caltrans is allowing the project to move forward anyway. Caltrans earlier this month signed a lease... 
by BFTS | Nov 26, 2020 | Community, News
The dispute has been a flashpoint in one of New York City’s most liberal neighborhoods. About 200 homeless men will have to vacate a hotel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side that has been used as an emergency shelter during the pandemic, a... 
by BFTS | Nov 25, 2020 | Insight
Earlier this month, MTA track inspectors came upon the remains of a middle-aged man in a subway tunnel near the Wall Street station. Officials suspected the deceased was a homeless person electrocuted by the third rail while seeking refuge underground. As temperatures...
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