A case filed by Legal Aid late Thursday seeks to mandate single-occupancy hotel rooms for single adult homeless New Yorkers for the duration of the crisis. Homeless men and women were left to languish in packed hotel rooms and shelters as COVID-19...
Homeless men getting kicked out of an Upper West Side hotel are already getting the no-welcome sign from a Lower Manhattan group raising $1 million to keep them out of their neighborhood. Larry Thomas is getting transferred to his third shelter since the coronavirus...
First came coronavirus, then came the cry for food. In the past six months, the city has waged an all-out war on hunger — an old, familiar foe whose grip grew stronger during the darkest days of the pandemic. COVID-19 forced nearly one-third of the...
Although homelessness has been a longstanding issue in New York City, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the problem even more. Reports indicate that calls to 311 about homelessness were up 72% in August compared to last year. The Mayor’s Management Report released...
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...
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