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Homeless Shelters

Posted inCriminal Justice

Queens Pols Say Group Handling Inmate Release Hotel Program Must Go

April 5, 2022, 9:04 p.m.April 5, 2022, 9:25 p.m.
After THE CITY reported on Exodus Transitional Community’s troubled contract, Mayor Eric Adams is under pressure to spike the arrangement.
Posted inThe Bronx

City Cancels Bronx Homeless Shelter Project that Faced Fierce Community Opposition

March 22, 2022, 8:38 p.m.March 23, 2022, 1:08 p.m.
The shelter on White Plains Road was to be run by Westhab, in a building owned by David Levitan, once identified by the city as one of its “worst landlords.”
Posted inHomelessness

How Can NYC Make Shelters Safer? We Asked Four People on the Front Lines

March 14, 2022, 7:33 p.m.March 14, 2022, 7:33 p.m.
A longtime shelter resident, an advocate for homeless people, an academic expert, and the union president representing shelter security officers on what can be done.
Posted inHomelessness

Three in Four Family Shelter Applications Rejected in 2021, Setting Record

Jan. 30, 2022, 6:26 p.m.Jan. 30, 2022, 6:26 p.m.
Homeless families are getting city decisions to deny shelter overturned in growing numbers — and applying over and over again.
Posted inSubway

MTA Keeps Cops at Fore of Homeless Response as Other Transit Systems Embrace Social Services

Jan. 24, 2022, 9:26 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.
Many of the nation’s transportation agencies are increasingly turning attention to social services for people dealing with homelessness, mental health issues or addiction. New York City lags down the track from Philadelphia and other cities.
Posted inHow to New York

As Eviction Pause Ends in New York, Here’s What Tenants Should Know

Jan. 14, 2022, 9:52 a.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 2:53 p.m.
More than 200,000 eviction cases currently pending in city housing courts could begin to move forward again as early as Tuesday. Read this if yours may be one of them.
Posted inCity Council

Homeless Youth Get on Fast Track to Housing With New Council Bills

Nov. 23, 2021, 7:09 p.m.Nov. 23, 2021, 7:09 p.m.
Young people sleeping in New York’s youth homeless shelters and those leaving foster care will soon have direct access to housing vouchers, thanks to a pair of bills the City Council ed Tuesday.
Posted inHomelessness

Steve Banks Had Big Goals for Shelters, and Hit the Mark on Some. Should He Stay?

Nov. 19, 2021, 10:11 a.m.Nov. 19, 2021, 10:12 a.m.
The city has now left all its notorious “cluster” shelter sites. Family homelessness is down. Eric Adams has hinted he likes the Department of Social Services commissioner. Is Banks ready for round two?
Posted inHousing

Manhattan Billionaires’ Row Homeless Shelter Opens After Years-Long Legal Battle

Nov. 10, 2021, 6:00 p.m.Nov. 10, 2021, 6:00 p.m.
Some 80 men will live in the former Park Savoy Hotel on West 58th Street. Homeless Services Commissioner Steve Banks said the battle to stop its opening was “the longest and most well-funded litigation” over a city shelter.
Posted inHousing

Homeless Bounced From Hotels to Streets and Shelters: A NYC Pandemic Odyssey

Oct. 25, 2021, 8:51 p.m.Oct. 25, 2021, 9:24 p.m.
When Mayor de Blasio began transferring New Yorkers experiencing homelessness from hotels back to shelters in June, some turned to the streets. Others say they live in fear of catching COVID in close quarters. Here are some of their stories.

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