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Posted inFeatured News

Mayor Adams Announces an Additional $171M for Homeless Services, Beginning in 2023

by BK Reader April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday announced an additional $171 million for homeless services in his proposed executive budget for the fiscal year 2023. New York City’s fiscal budget begin on July 1 and […]

Posted inUncategorized

New ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ Legislation Intro’d in City Council

by Jessy Edwards April 18, 2022April 19, 2022
Posted inHousing

Homeless Advocates Rally at Fulton St. With Alternate Plan to Adams’ Removal of Encampments

by Jessy Edwards April 13, 2022April 15, 2022
Posted inCrime

Video: BK Residents Respond to Subway Crime Spike, Homeless Riders

by Giselle Galindo April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
Posted inFeatured News

Kujichagulia: Joyelle Powell

by Nigel Roberts December 27, 2021December 29, 2021
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

NYC Shelter Population Declined During Pandemic, But Problems Persist For Homeless

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle September 24, 2021October 1, 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 inArts & Entertainment

New Netflix Doc Charts Bed-Stuy Sisters’ Coming-of-Age, From Homeless Shelter to Junior Olympics and Beyond

by Jessy Edwards June 11, 2021June 11, 2021
affordability crisis, housing crisis, New York City life, living in New York, New York City housing costs
Posted inPolicy & Government

New Legislation to Increase Rental Vouchers Gives Hope to Homeless New Yorkers

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle June 1, 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
Posted inPolicy & Government

City Leaders Failed Homeless New Yorkers During COVID-19: New Report

by Jackson Ferrari Ibelle May 4, 2021May 7, 2021
Brooklyn, Troy Chapman, WeDo GoodWorks, furniture, community, NYC, non-profit, culture, pandemic, homeless
Posted inNon-Profit & Community

WeDo GoodWorks Is Transforming Lives With Furniture

by Yannise Jean March 4, 2021March 5, 2021
Homelessness in New York City
Posted inFeatured News

Documentary Chronicles Filmmaker’s Coronavirus Mission to Help the Homeless

by Nigel Roberts December 11, 2020January 12, 2021
Posted inFeatured News

First Affordable Housing Opens in East New York Since Neighborhood Rezoning

by Brooklyn Reader October 1, 2020January 25, 2021
Governor Andrew Cuomo. Photo: Diana Richardson from Wikimedia.
Posted inFeatured News

Religious Leaders, Public Advocate and The Legal Aid Society Call on Cuomo to Extend Eviction Moratorium

by Brooklyn Reader August 5, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

When the ‘Greater Good’ Gets Personal

by Michael Milton May 30, 2020December 18, 2020
Posted inFeatured News

VOCAL NY is Helping Brooklyn’s Most Vulnerable … With No Questions Asked And No Judgements Added

by Anna Bradley-Smith May 12, 2020January 28, 2021
MTA; COVID-19; Governor Cuomo; homeless; Mayor Bill de Blasio
Posted inUncategorized

Mayor to MTA: Curb Homeless Squatters in Empty Subway Stations, Amid COVID-19

by Kimberlean Donis April 29, 2020January 28, 2021

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