New York City Homeless

City Looks For Actors To Play Homeless In PSA

Posted 04.24.2012

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When the New York City needed to cast a Public Service Announcement featuring homeless characters, it didn't hire any of the city's 41,000 actual home...

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An Underworld Below Your Subway Seat

Emma, The Emma Edition | Posted 04.23.2012

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Would you believe me if I told you there are hundreds of people living below New York City? The idea of mole people is depicted as mythical in pop culture, but they're as far from fantasy as can be.

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City Council Might Sue Michael Bloomberg

Posted 11.28.2011

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New York City Council is expected to file a lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg Tuesday, seeking to stop a new law that would require homeless adults to p...

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City Homelessness On The Rise

Posted 01.09.2012

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According to a new report by the Coalition For The Homeless, New York City's homeless shelter population rose to 41,000 at the end of October, making ...

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15,000 Formerly Homeless NYC Families May Find Themselves Back In Shelters

Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent budget cuts to a New York City program that helps families get out of homeless shelters and into apartments have sparked controversy, starting ...

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The Accidental Mentor

Heather Kristin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jill showed me that by losing everything, my home and at times my mother, I was given an opportunity to discover my true essence, be responsible for my own happiness, and that every day presents another chance to make something of my life.

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One Size Does Not Fit All: Rapid Rehousing and Homeless Families

Ralph da Costa Nunez | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York City is emerging as an example of how a narrow focus on housing can have serious unintended consequences for so many homeless families.

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On the Street Where She Lives

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 11.17.2011

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I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side where the homeless (a term unused back then) were oddities in the 1960's and 1970's, and quickly carted off lest the neighborhood be "sullied."

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Paterson's Record Cut During a Homelessness Crisis

Mary Brosnahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York City Economy, Welfare, Homeless Children, New-York-City-Homeless, Homelessness, David Paterson, New York News

A staggering 39,200 people will bed down tonight in NYC's emergency shelter system. Paterson's budget would slash $104 million from adult shelters, prevention services and permanent housing.

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Sleepless In New York: My Night at the HOPE Street Survey (SLIDESHOW)

Boonsri Dickinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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One night every year, volunteers walk thousands of miles on the grids of the city, Queen, Brooklyn, Staten Island, the Bronx, and climb through the underworld of the subways lines to count the homeless.

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