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Brooklyn Reacts to City’s Task Force Removing Homeless Encampments From Under BQE

by Jessy Edwards April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

Ten homeless encampments underneath the BQE in Brooklyn have been removed at the direction of New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the first phase of an initiative designed to […]

Non-Profit & Community

Bed-Stuy School Helps Students in Shelters With Free Laundry … And a Comfort Dog

by Jessy Edwards April 1, 2022April 13, 2022

Policy & Government

More Than 101,000 NYC Public School Students Were Homeless Last Year: Report

by Anna Bradley-Smith November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

A Mom, a NYC Public School Teacher … and Homeless

by Jessy Edwards August 16, 2021March 14, 2022

Homeless NY’ers to Get Relief With Rental Voucher Increases Going Into Effect In September

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle August 2, 2021August 4, 2021

Non-Profit & Community

Brooklyn’s Shower Bus Comes Back to Where It All Began

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 25, 2021June 26, 2021

Veterans Support Services Saved My Life

by Local Voices June 2, 2021June 7, 2021

Non-Profit & Community

‘Do the Right Thing Cuomo,’ Dozens Call for Conversion of Unused Hotels into Housing for Homeless

by Anna Bradley-Smith May 21, 2021May 21, 2021

Non-Profit & Community

Brooklyn Organizations Come Together to Donate Coats, Personalized Care Kits to Borough’s Homeless

by Anna Bradley-Smith May 4, 2021May 5, 2021

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More than 200 Homeless Shelters to Be Equipped with WiFi for Students

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 7, 2021April 14, 2021

Featured News Archive

City to Install Wi-Fi in Homeless Shelters to Help Students With Remote Learning

by Brooklyn Reader October 27, 2020January 25, 2021

NYC Parks; COVID-19; Prospect Park; Litter

Non-Profit & Community, Prospect Heights

Record Amounts of Trash Cover Prospect Park

by Kimberlean Donis August 10, 2020January 28, 2021

Featured News Archive

Children at Brooklyn Homeless Shelters Get Delivery to Help Cope With Pandemic

by Jessy Edwards August 7, 2020February 25, 2021

Renderings of Utica Crescent. Photo from NYC Gov.

Featured News Archive

East Flatbush To Get 322 Affordable New Apartments

by Brooklyn Reader July 17, 2020January 28, 2021

housing; Cuomo; Covid-19; eviction

Gov. Cuomo Downplays Fears Around New York’s Halt on Evictions

by Kimberlean Donis May 13, 2020January 28, 2021

Comptroller Stringer calls for more support and policy changes to help homeless kids in schools.

Featured News Archive, Policy & Government

Comptroller Calls on DOE for Policy Changes to Give Homeless Kids a Fair Shot

by Andrea Leonhardt April 24, 2018January 28, 2021

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Care Packages Made in East Flatbush for the Homeless in the Streets of NYC

by Andrea Leonhardt March 1, 2018January 28, 2021

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HOPE– Making New York’s Homeless Population Count

by Anna Bradley-Smith January 22, 2018January 28, 2021

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Women Roll up Their Sleeves to Renovate Brownsville Women’s Shelters

by Anna Bradley-Smith September 29, 2017January 28, 2021

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IDNYC Pop-Up Comes to Fort Greene Health Center

by Andrea Leonhardt August 24, 2017January 28, 2021