Homeless Shelters

De Blasio Tees Off Trump at Bronx Golf Course: Homeless Shelter Operator Set to Evict the Ex-President

Sept. 27, 2021, 8:27 p.m.Sept. 28, 2021, 5:36 p.m.

De Blasio names a firm tied to CORE Services Group and Bobby Jones Links to run deluxe Ferry Point golf grounds. Trump lawyers say the mayor’s “political retaliation” is a losing game and that the ex-president is in for the long haul.

Housing

Homeless Youth Would Get an Easier Path to Housing Help, Under City Council Bill

Sept. 23, 2021, 9:18 p.m.Sept. 23, 2021, 9:18 p.m.

New Yorkers in youth homeless shelters would finally get credit for time spent there instead of having to enter the chaotic and dangerous adult system to receive housing vouchers.

Housing

Homeless Youth Finally Get Rent Help, But Aid Could be Fleeting

July 18, 2021, 7:49 p.m.July 18, 2021, 7:49 p.m.

Young people won’t have to automatically go to an adult shelter to become eligible for permanent housing help, thanks to new city and federal new direct rental assistance. But the first-come, first-served efforts are limited.

Housing

City Starts Kicking Thousands of Homeless People From Hotels Back to Shelters

June 28, 2021, 9:24 p.m.June 29, 2021, 10:27 a.m.

For some New Yorkers, emergency housing during the pandemic offered a life line: the privacy and peace of a safe and comfortable hotel room. That will now end by late July. Moving day for men at the Upper West Side’s Lucerne Hotel came Monday.

Housing

De Blasio’s Promised Rent Help for Homeless Youth Takes a Detour

May 25, 2021, 6:16 p.m.May 25, 2021, 6:19 p.m.

Officials agreed to route young people to live in adult shelters in order to obtain vouchers for permanent housing — even after the mayor promised direct access to help, document obtained by THE CITY shows.

Homelessness

Sleeping Behind The Bronx Zoo: Why Some New Yorkers Choose Streets Over Shelters

April 5, 2021, 4:55 a.m.April 5, 2021, 9:25 a.m.

A Coalition for the Homeless study found most people surveyed had been on the streets or subways for at least a year, afraid to go to shelters. Some take refuge in out-of-the-way spots — including behind The Bronx Zoo.

Work

Man’s Amazing Journey to Amazon Made Smoother Thanks to Public and Private Help

March 21, 2021, 10:18 p.m.March 14, 2024, 2:21 p.m.

Saheed Adebayo Aare has received salvation from his hellish commute by way of a new position with the online retailer in the city and a bumpy ride to a more convenient homeless shelter.

Homelessness

City ‘Failing’ to Protect Homeless in Shelters and Hotels During Pandemic, Lawsuit Demanding Solo Rooms Alleges

Oct. 23, 2020, 12:05 a.m.Oct. 23, 2020, 11:20 p.m.

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 Shelters

De Blasio Tees Off Trump at Bronx Golf Course: Homeless Shelter Operator Set to Evict the Ex-President

Homeless Youth Would Get an Easier Path to Housing Help, Under City Council Bill

Homeless Youth Finally Get Rent Help, But Aid Could be Fleeting

City Starts Kicking Thousands of Homeless People From Hotels Back to Shelters

De Blasio’s Promised Rent Help for Homeless Youth Takes a Detour

Sleeping Behind The Bronx Zoo: Why Some New Yorkers Choose Streets Over Shelters

Man’s Amazing Journey to Amazon Made Smoother Thanks to Public and Private Help

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