Homelessness

Subway

Crews Stall Trains Over Shopping Cart Worries as New Rule Goes Unheeded

Feb. 8, 2022, 6:09 p.m.Feb. 8, 2022, 9:02 p.m.

While union leaders call for “safety over service,” homeless riders and advocates say the Sept. 2020 ban doesn’t address why people are bringing their belongings into the subway system in the first place.

Homelessness

Give Homeless Families a Break, Shelter Providers Urge Mayor Adams

Feb. 7, 2022, 7:11 p.m.Feb. 7, 2022, 7:11 p.m.

With three in four shelter applications rejected, advocates demand permanent adoption of a pandemic pause on children cycling in and out of a Bronx intake center.

Homelessness

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.

Subway

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.

How 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.

CITY stats

Homelessness: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

Jan. 11, 2022, 8:24 p.m.Jan. 11, 2022, 8:28 p.m.

The number of families in shelters has plummeted, while single adults seek shelter in near-record numbers.

Transit

MTA Cops Rode High on Overtime After Cuomo Crackdown on Subway Homelessness, Inspector General Says

Dec. 8, 2021, 12:01 a.m.Dec. 7, 2021, 10:06 p.m.

The OT bill for the MTA’s police force hit $33 million last year because of efforts by the Cuomo istration to police fare evasion and homeless New Yorkers, according to a new report from the agency’s inspector general.

City 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.

Homelessness

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?

Housing

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.

Homelessness

Crews Stall Trains Over Shopping Cart Worries as New Rule Goes Unheeded

Give Homeless Families a Break, Shelter Providers Urge Mayor Adams

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

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

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

Homelessness: Trends to Watch for the Future of NYC

MTA Cops Rode High on Overtime After Cuomo Crackdown on Subway Homelessness, Inspector General Says

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

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