Homelessness

A homeless person created a make-shift sleeping area under an awning near the Dekalb Avenue station in Brooklyn.

NYC’s Unsheltered Homeless Population Reaches Highest Number in More Than a Decade

June 13, 2024, 2:13 p.m.June 13, 2024, 2:20 p.m.

Volunteers and city staffers counted 4,140 people sleeping on the streets and subways during the overnight annual count on Jan. 23.

Migrants wait in line outside the St. Brigid shelter re-ticketing site in the East Village.

Homelessness

Adult Migrants Limited to 30-Day Stay in ‘Right-to-Shelter’ Settlement

March 15, 2024, 6:52 p.m.March 16, 2024, 7:50 a.m.

The agreement between homeless rights advocates and city attorneys withdraws Mayor Eric Adams' request to end guarantees under a decades-old consent decree.

Migrant families moving to and from the Roosevelt Hotel ahead of reaching a 60-day shelter limit, January 5, 2024.

Migrant Crisis

Migrant Families and Schools Brace for Wave of Shelter Evictions

Jan. 8, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 8, 2024, 1:54 p.m.

Thousands of migrant families with school-aged children in city shelters will reach the end of their 60-day time limit starting Tuesday. What happens next is unclear.

Police officers talk with a homeless person who was swiping in subway commuters at Penn Station.

Mental Health

Adams Renews Push for Forced Psych Hospitalizations as Albany Gets Back to Work

Jan. 8, 2024, 4:59 a.m.Jan. 8, 2024, 11:10 a.m.

The mayor's top mental health advisor recently visited a Midtown community board looking for elusive for changes to state mental health laws.

Dozens of migrants waited in the cold outside the St. Brigid re-ticketing site in the East Village.

Migrant Crisis

City Tweaks Rules at Shelter Re-Up Site to Curb Overnight Camping

Dec. 1, 2023, 5:49 p.m.Dec. 1, 2023, 5:49 p.m.

To maintain a place on line waiting for a cot, migrant men were spending days outdoors in the cold. Even with the change, advocates say the process is chaotic and inhumane.

Migrant Crisis

Only a Handful of Migrants at ‘Reticketing Site’ Accept City’s Free Trips Out

Nov. 28, 2023, 7:44 p.m.May 30, 2024, 12:16 p.m.

Hundreds of migrants waited outside for hours in the cold waiting for shelter cots, while just a few have accepted the city’s offer of tickets out of town, according to data obtained by THE CITY.

A line of migrants waited to get into a shuttered business next to the Roosevelt Hotel being used as a temporary shelter.

Homeless Shelters

New Migrant Shelter Case Judge Ordered Man’s Eviction for ‘Homeless Lifestyle’

Oct. 6, 2023, 6:16 p.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 4:07 p.m.

Manhattan justice Gerald Lebovits ruled a man who spent his time on the street had to give up his SRO.

Homelessness

City Hall to Let Local Housing Vouchers Be Used Across New York State

Sept. 26, 2023, 8:04 p.m.Sept. 26, 2023, 8:07 p.m.

Under the new rule, the Department of Social Services would adjust the CityFHEPS rate to fair market rent in counties outside of the city, while also requiring a physical or virtual inspection of the units.

Shelters

$2.1 Billion in Migrant-Related Contracts Sidestep Oversight, Despite Some Companies’ Checkered Records

Sept. 15, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 15, 2023, 9:32 a.m.

Medrite and Aron Security got $450 million to staff more than a dozen shelters under a shroud of secrecy. Even the city comptroller and Council are struggling to find out more as workers and residents clash.

Youth

Homeless Youth Peer Navigator Jobs Promised by Adams Now Poised to Disappear

July 14, 2023, 5:00 a.m.July 14, 2023, 12:02 p.m.

Hired to bring ‘lived experience’ to drop-in centers for at-risk youth, 16 formerly homeless workers now face a hazy future.

Homelessness

NYC’s Unsheltered Homeless Population Reaches Highest Number in More Than a Decade

Adult Migrants Limited to 30-Day Stay in ‘Right-to-Shelter’ Settlement

Migrant Families and Schools Brace for Wave of Shelter Evictions

Adams Renews Push for Forced Psych Hospitalizations as Albany Gets Back to Work

City Tweaks Rules at Shelter Re-Up Site to Curb Overnight Camping

Only a Handful of Migrants at ‘Reticketing Site’ Accept City’s Free Trips Out

New Migrant Shelter Case Judge Ordered Man’s Eviction for ‘Homeless Lifestyle’

City Hall to Let Local Housing Vouchers Be Used Across New York State

$2.1 Billion in Migrant-Related Contracts Sidestep Oversight, Despite Some Companies’ Checkered Records

Homeless Youth Peer Navigator Jobs Promised by Adams Now Poised to Disappear

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