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Home » homeless

Tag: homeless

Posted inPolitics

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 […]

Posted inNon-Profit & Community

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

by Jessy Edwards April 1, 2022April 13, 2022
Posted inPolicy & Government

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

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

A Mom, a NYC Public School Teacher … and Homeless

by Jessy Edwards August 16, 2021March 14, 2022
Posted inHousing

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

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle August 2, 2021August 4, 2021
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

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

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 25, 2021June 26, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

Veterans Support Services Saved My Life

by Local Voices June 2, 2021June 7, 2021
Posted inNon-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
Posted inNon-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
remote learning, productivity, online, virtual
Posted inEducation

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

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 7, 2021April 14, 2021
Posted inFeatured 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
Posted inNon-Profit & Community, Prospect Heights

Record Amounts of Trash Cover Prospect Park

by Kimberlean Donis August 10, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured 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.
Posted inFeatured News Archive

East Flatbush To Get 322 Affordable New Apartments

by Brooklyn Reader July 17, 2020January 28, 2021
housing; Cuomo; Covid-19; eviction
Posted inUncategorized

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.
Posted inFeatured 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
Keshia Adams, BK Reader, East Flatbush, homeless, care packages, Palooza Kitchen, back-to-school drives, toy drives, Help USA, Lifting You for Tomorrow's Success, minority-owned business, Flatbush, East New York, Brownsville, back
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News Archive, Flatbush, Lifestyle & Culture, Non-Profit & Community, Popular

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

by Andrea Leonhardt March 1, 2018January 28, 2021
HOPE, BK Reader, homeless outreach
Posted inEvents, Featured News Archive, Lifestyle & Culture

HOPE– Making New York’s Homeless Population Count

by Anna Bradley-Smith January 22, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News Archive, Features, Lifestyle & Culture, Neighborhoods, News, Popular

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

by Anna Bradley-Smith September 29, 2017January 28, 2021
IDNYC, Fort Greene, BK Reader, Fort Greene Health Center, NYC ID, ID NYC, ID application, homeless, youth, the elderly, undocumented immigrants, city discounts, NYC discounts, library card,
Posted inFeatured News Archive, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Lifestyle & Culture

IDNYC Pop-Up Comes to Fort Greene Health Center

by Andrea Leonhardt August 24, 2017January 28, 2021

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