“It’s not so good, huh?” laughs Kathleen Webster, president of the Sara D. Roosevelt Park Coalition as she refers to the D- grade that the…
Cuomo Announces a $20 Billion State Effort to Tackle Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Governor Andrew Cuomo began the year with a pretty progressive State of the State on Wednesday. In the annual speech, Cuomo called for 12 weeks of paid…
Doe Fund Fights to Keep Sex Offenders Out of Bushwick Shelter, But City Presses On
A fight is brewing between the City and the Doe Fund, a non-profit dedicated to helping provide the homeless with shelter, temporary jobs, and vocational training. The…
As Church Offers Rest For the Weary, Greenpointers Are Wary
At the start of last week, as the streets of Greenpoint became eerily empty, ten homeless men crawled into roll-out cots found in the basement of the Lutheran…
Amidst Clean-Up Efforts, Neighbors Vent About a Controversial Homeless Shelter
A group of Bowery locals and activists are once again voicing concern about a homeless shelter that has long been linked to various crimes in…
With Homelessness Up, Bowery Mission Is in ‘Urgent Need’ of Pantry Items
The pantry at The Bowery Mission is bleakly bare. Where once enough food was stored to fill up the small shopping carts of the homeless…
What’s With All the Faux Homeless Dudes On East 10th Street?
Just weeks after Richard Gere was homeless on East 10th Street, another actor is down and out on the same block, between First Avenue and…
Richard Gere Is On the Streets: 6 Things Homeless NYers Want His Film to Show
We found Richard Gere this morning huddled between two trash containers on East 10th Street, between First Avenue and Avenue A, where the actor is…
How the Squatter in Our Basement Drove Us Out of New York
I often wonder if we would have ever left Manhattan, had a strange man not been living in the basement of our apartment. Living in…