Vigil Held in Support of Homeless Men Living at Lucerne Hotel
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...
New MTA Rules Are Criticized As ‘Anti-Homeless’
he 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...
Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Spotlight on NYC Homelessness Crisis
There has been a growing increase in the number of 311 calls over homeless individuals since the start of the pandemic tatistics show a growing awareness of homelessness in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic. As the coronavirus...
Eviction Coming to Residents of Pennsylvania, Allentown’s ’Tent City’ Homeless Encampment
n a recent Wednesday afternoon, Abdul-Raqeeb Uqdah strapped on a backpack and crossed the old railroad trestle into Tent City, the colloquial term for Allentown’s long-established homeless encampment in the woods of Little Lehigh Parkway. ...
In Upper West Side Homeless Controversy, City Should Support Vulnerable New Yorkers
he intensification of New York’s homeless crisis is one of the starkest examples of COVID’s impact in laying bare the deep inequalities across our city. Many of the vacant hotels-turned-shelters which the City created to support the unprecedented...
Homeless Criminalization “Is it illegal to be homeless?”
eople often ask, "Is it illegal to be homeless?" The answer is not black or white, or all that simple. While technically, homelessness is not illegal, there are many, many laws and policies that criminalize homelessness, which then creates a legal...
Protesters Say New York City Moving Homeless Out Of Lucerne Hotel Is Creating A Bigger Problem
here were tense moments outside Gracie Mansion on Sunday night, as protesters fighting for the homeless started shaking barricades. They were trying to bypass police to deliver what they called an “eviction letter” to Mayor Bill de Blasio‘s front...
New York City Pauses Plan to Displace Shelter Residents for Homeless Move
ew York City has agreed to pause the displacement of residents from a Manhattan shelter in order to make room for homeless people being moved from an Upper West Side hotel in order to allow for further discussions. A protest was held in Manhattan...
What Would You Do If You Saw a Homeless Person Being Attacked?
I enjoy posting questions on Quora.com because of all the different answers you get from people on any given topic. Yesterday I asked: "What would you do if you saw a homeless person being attacked by two teenagers when he or she was standing there minding their own...
The Children in the Shadows: New York City’s Homeless Students
More than 100,000 city public school students lack permanent housing, caught in bureaucratic limbo that often seems like a trap. This is what their lives are like. When schools in New York City abruptly closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic,...
