Homeless Shelters

A Life in Limbo for Homeless Families at Mercy of City’s Moving Whims

Sept. 11, 2020, 9:12 p.m.May 30, 2024, 1:50 p.m.

Harmonia Hotel resident Mike Bonano has used a rented U-Haul to help neighbors cope with Mayor de Blasio’s whiplash decisions on shelters. Bonano and his wife have been forced to move three times in as many years.

Accessibility

Homeless Shelter Staff Mistakenly Trash Immigrant Athlete’s Wheelchairs

July 28, 2020, 8:16 p.m.July 29, 2020, 6:34 a.m.

Saheed Adebayo Aare says he was placed in an inaccessible hotel. When he returned to Wards Island, two wheelchairs — including one for tennis — were gone.

Homelessness

Subway Homeless Outreach Group Gets New $68M City Deal Despite Doubts About Its Success

June 16, 2020, 9:10 p.m.June 16, 2020, 9:47 p.m.

Bowery Residents’ Committee work on behalf of the Department of Homeless Services and MTA to coax people into shelter comes under scrutiny by state officials.

Homelessness

COVID Tore Through NYC Homeless Shelters. But Residents Were Kept in the Dark

June 15, 2020, 5:10 p.m.June 15, 2020, 9:29 p.m.

While the city won’t give infection and death numbers for specific facilities, our analysis shows that some shelters are getting hit harder than others.

Homelessness

NYC Shuttles Homeless Men from Subway to Packed Shelter

May 10, 2020, 1:49 p.m.May 13, 2020, 9:53 a.m.

Amid the overnight train shutdown, caravans take men to Manhattan’s notorious 30th St. Shelter where social distancing to stop coronavirus is elusive.