by BFTS | Feb 28, 2021 | National Insight
Officials in Newark launched a construction project Thursday to convert an old elementary school into an emergency facility for the homeless. Mayor Ras Baraka, Claremont Development, and Arc Building Partners announced the adaptive-reuse project designed to create an... 
by BFTS | Feb 9, 2021 | Heartache, News
New York City’s homeless population has faced a particularly brutal winter as coronavirus restrictions have kept the subway and other indoor public spaces closed. On a piercingly cold December night, a handful of homeless passengers sought refuge on heated... 
by BFTS | Feb 6, 2021 | Opinion, Ugh
Homelessness. Is it a never-ending problem? Or, is it a problem because it’s kept ever-perpetuating? Work on it — not solve it — modify how you are doing it, work on it some more, re-modify what you are doing, work on it some more. Then, go back to... 
by BFTS | Feb 4, 2021 | Community
Last year, the percentage of New York City families deemed eligible to live in homeless shelters dropped to its lowest point during the de Blasio administration, according to recently released city-data. The city has always investigated whether families who apply for... 
by BFTS | Feb 3, 2021 | News
As the snow began to pile up Monday night, Jim Greene set out to bring a sleeping bag to a Boston man spending the night on the street. “I wish we could convince him to come in, but he just refuses,” said Greene, director of the Boston Public Health...
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