by BFTS | Nov 24, 2020 | National Insight
The City Council’s plan to form a special commission on family homelessness is an earnest endeavor. Political leaders should be held accountable for ensuring it makes a difference. Before the coronavirus pandemic induced an economic... 
by BFTS | Nov 20, 2020 | Community
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and the Brooklyn Community Service (BSC) on Nov. 17, unveiled the borough’s first shower bus at Brooklyn Borough Hall, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the special occasion of the formally known BSC Mobile Unit. The fully... 
by BFTS | Nov 19, 2020 | Community, News
A judge will rule by Monday about whether men staying at the Lucerne Hotel will continue to live on the Upper West Side. The saga of the 200-plus men living at the temporary homeless shelter at the Lucerne Hotel since the end of July will... 
by BFTS | Nov 18, 2020 | Opinion
New York is not dead, but tens of thousands of apartments here are empty. This presents an unprecedented opportunity to house every New Yorker experiencing homelessness. As a city, we have a moral mandate to permanently house our homeless now. We can do so by creating... 
by BFTS | Nov 13, 2020 | National News
Unhoused residents receive programmable cards in exchange for trash from encampments San Jose city leaders Thursday launched a pilot program that pays homeless people to pick up trash at encampments. During a news conference at Roosevelt Park, Mayor Sam...
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