An Especially Cold Winter Lies Ahead For NYC’s Homeless
arlier 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...
Boston Lays The Groundwork To End Family Homelessness
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. efore the coronavirus pandemic induced...
Brooklyn Borough Prez Unveils First Shower Bus
rooklyn 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...
Decision Looms For Whether Lucerne Residents Stay On The UWS
A judge will rule by Monday about whether men staying at the Lucerne Hotel will continue to live on the Upper West Side. he saga of the 200-plus men living at the temporary homeless shelter at the Lucerne Hotel since the...
New York City Has Enough Vacant Apartments To House The Homeless: It’s Time To Do It
ew 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...
Cash for Trash: San Jose Launches Program to Pick Up Homeless Camp Garbage
Unhoused residents receive programmable cards in exchange for trash from encampments an Jose city leaders Thursday launched a pilot program that pays homeless people to pick up trash at encampments. During a news conference at...
Homeless Men Allegedly Offered Food, Money If They Signed Papers Saying They Want To Leave Upper West Side Hotel
esidents of an Upper West Side hotel at the center of a heated dispute over housing the homeless have been approached with offers of food and money if they sign documents saying they want to move out, according to new affidavits in the case. In the...
Hawaii Mayor-elect Rick Blangiardi To Eliminate ‘compassionate disruption’ Homeless Approach
ayor-elect Rick Blangiardi wants to eliminate the city’s current “compassionate disruption” philosophy to address homelessness on Oahu, including the frequent sweeps of homeless camps. Blangiardi said in his “Roadmap to Recovery” that he will...
NYC Will Try Using School Buses To Give Wi-Fi To Students In Homeless Shelters
fter ignoring an offer from school bus companies for months, the city will finally explore whether the vehicles can be used to deliver Wi-Fi to students living in homeless shelters who can’t connect to online classes, officials told The Post. “We...
Coronavirus Raises New Challenges For Those Who Are Homeless
Coronavirus Raises New Challenges For Those Who Are Homeless he challenge of helping people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic has spurred some cities to action and prompted bitter divisions in others, as shelters...
