by BFTS | Nov 7, 2020 | National Insight
Coronavirus Raises New Challenges For Those Who Are Homeless The challenge of helping people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic has spurred some cities to action and prompted bitter divisions in others, as shelters struggle with the new... 
by BFTS | Oct 29, 2020 | Community, Insight
NYC vows to equip family shelters with Wi-Fi. Homeless advocates say the investment is overdue. The pandemic exacerbated internet access issues, as more children relied on Wi-Fi to participate in remote schooling. When Eve Stotland called up... 
by BFTS | Oct 23, 2020 | News
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... 
by BFTS | Oct 19, 2020 | Community
Shelter residents who have been housed at a New York City hotel due to the pandemic could be moved to another hotel as soon as Monday as an opposing neighborhood groups against the move take the fight to court. The city’s Department of Homeless Services has not... 
by BFTS | Oct 9, 2020 | Community
The recent debacle surrounding the city’s use of the Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side to shelter homeless men during the pandemic, and Mayor de Blasio’s Sept. 8 order to transfer the men out of that hotel in response to NIMBY — and, at times, outwardly racist —...
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