New York City has prospered during the 12-year mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg, which comes to an end this year. But the same cannot be said of all ...
For the past two years I've worked on a project called "Homeless for the Holidays," interviewing and photographing homeless LGBT youth during the winter months as they sleep on the streets of NYC, so frankly, it infuriates me that our mayor would say that "no one is sleeping on the streets."
Every now and then, a story surfaces that could only happen in New York City. On a very cold night, New York City police officer Lawrence DePrimo was on patrol in Times Square and came across a homeless man who was barefoot, sitting on the ground...
Homelessness in New York City is the highest it's been since the Great Depression. This is simply unacceptable in the wealthiest city in the world, and we can and must do better.
New York still has an inexcusably large homeless population who seek shelter every night. The growing unemployment rate leads me to believe that homelessness is just better concealed these days.
As a tide of poverty rises throughout the country, the Bronx stands out as a place where the waters have climbed especially high. So it's no great sur...
A record number of people slept in New York's homeless shelters last year, according to a new report from the advocacy group Coalition for the Homeles...
