Politics Housing advocates rally in Lower Manhattan to defend city’s right-to-shelter law Posted on December 6, 2023
Politics Migrant crisis | Mayor Adams wants to slash asylum-seeker services by 20% to close budget gap Posted on November 20, 2023
Politics Despite long journeys to NYC, some migrant families reject emergency shelter at Floyd Bennett Field Posted on November 13, 2023
Politics Mayor officially limits shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days Posted on October 16, 2023
Politics Adams admin makes revised request to suspend shelter mandate, drawing swift backlash from advocates Posted on October 4, 2023
Brooklyn Feds give state, city greenlight to use Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field to shelter over 2,000 migrants: Hochul Posted on August 21, 2023
Politics Legal Aid threatens to sue city after migrants left to sleep outside over the weekend Posted on July 31, 2023
Migrant Crisis City to start limiting homeless shelter stays for single adult migrants to 60 days: Mayor Posted on July 19, 2023
Migrant Crisis Advocates pen letter blasting Mayor Adams’ legal motion to suspend right-to-shelter Posted on May 30, 2023
News NYC has ‘done its share,’ Mayor Adams insists while defending request to exempt city from right-to-shelter protections amid migrant crisis Posted on May 24, 2023
Politics Mayor Adams faces backlash after signing executive order halting parts of right-to-shelter law before expected migrant surge Posted on May 11, 2023
Politics Migrant crisis | Advocates blast Adams after he appears to say ‘right to shelter’ doesn’t apply to newcomers Posted on January 25, 2023
PoliticsNY BREAKING: City Council to hold hearing on Adams admins’ handling of asylum seekers in city homeless shelters
Health ‘Still going through the same madness’: Homeless rights advocates deliver demands to Gracie Mansion for more action Posted on July 17, 2022
Brooklyn A tale of two siblings: Brooklyn woman sees hope, homeless brother sees despair, in Adams’ effort to end homelessness Posted on May 1, 2022
Politics Homeless advocates rail against Adams plan to take encampments off the sidewalks of New York Posted on March 27, 2022
News Lost and forgotten: Record number of homeless died in New York last year, report finds Posted on March 22, 2022
Coronavirus Mayor de Blasio calls for 24-hour service to resume on subways before July 1 Posted on April 29, 2021
Transit NYC nonprofits tell de Blasio, Cuomo to find real housing to end subway homelessness Posted on March 4, 2021
Coronavirus Homeless advocates challenge de Blasio’s 2020 claim of creating adequate affordable housing Posted on February 10, 2021
Coronavirus As 20,000+ New Yorkers sleep in homeless shelters, advocates press Cuomo for action Posted on December 9, 2020
Manhattan Closed private subway entrances give shuttered feel to Manhattan office buildings and former hotspots Posted on October 5, 2020
News City to remove homeless from Lucerne Hotel at behest of Upper West Side ‘NIMBYism’ Posted on September 9, 2020
Transit HOPE Survey saw fewer homeless on New York City subways despite 7% spike of street dwellers Posted on August 17, 2020
Business The real Upper West Side story: Residents at crossroads while coping with influx of homeless and mentally ill Posted on August 11, 2020
Transit MTA inspector general finds $7.6M put toward homeless diversion failure Posted on June 15, 2020
Coronavirus Homeless died in disproportionate numbers from COVID-19 in April: advocates Posted on June 9, 2020
Transit Subway shutdown leads about 150 homeless on trains into the shelter system Posted on May 6, 2020
New York One percent of children born last year went home to a New York City homeless shelter: report Posted on March 11, 2020
Politics De Blasio administration unveils new approach addressing street homeless Posted on December 17, 2019
Politics ‘Fare evasion and homelessness are red herrings’: Groups rail against Cuomo at Midtown rally over MTA budget Posted on September 27, 2019
Politics ‘Fare evasion and homelessness are red herrings’: Groups rail against Cuomo at Midtown rally over MTA budget Posted on September 27, 2019
Health Advocates Charge Homeless Shelters Lax in Supplying Narcan to Prevent Overdoses Posted on October 5, 2017
May 3, 7 pm Call The Babysitter It’s Time For Parent’s Night Out at The Island’s First Porterhouse Party and Casino Night! No Kids Allowed! Mount Loretto
Bronx Times Column | CUNY students are attending class in mold-filled classrooms. We’re letting it happen.