Sentences with phrase «city shelter about»

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How about this: I started a soup kitchen in my city and worked in a shelter for homeless veterans.»

New York City wants elected and community officials to speak up about potential locations for new homeless shelters in their neighborhoods as it enters the second year of its effort to build 90 citywide.

A Girl Scouts troop established in February at a homeless shelter in Queens will expand to 14 additional shelters throughout New York City and is expected to serve about 500 girls.

Homelessness in New York City has reached its highest levels since the Great Depression, according to advocates, with shelter populations in December exceeding 59,000 people, including about 23,000 children.

City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, whose district also includes the hotel site, said he was told about its use only «a few hours before they started moving families into that shelter.»

DNAinfo also reported last month that the city's Department of Homeless Services ignored repeated warnings about the nonprofit over the past few years — long before 1 - year - old Scylee Vayoh Ambrose and 2 - year - old Ibanez Ambrose were killed in one of its shelter apartments in The Bronx.

Around the same time, the Wall Street Journal posted an article about the state withholding funds for 14 homeless shelters facing persistent code violations, an escalation of a feud between City Hall and the executive chamber that made advocates howl.

And the U.S. Attorney's office also is seeking all communications between the health department, NYCHA, the Department of Homeless Services and any city, state or federal governmental agency about conditions in public housing or homeless shelters.

In November of 2015, Bharara's office asked NYCHA and the Department of Homeless Services to produce a wealth of information about possible lead poisoning and unsafe conditions in NYCHA housing and city shelters, including any records of addresses where residents with elevated blood - lead levels have been identified, along with the date that the identification was made.

Decisions the Cuomo administration made about how much the state would pay for NYC shelters, public assistance programs and homelessness - prevention initiatives have left the city shouldering more and more of the burden, even as that burden has swelled.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's new homeless shelter plan, which includes no total price tag for the shelters and no details about where they will be located, could mark a near - impossible task as the mayor faces re-election on an issue that has sparked massive opposition in parts of the city and is widely acknowledged as one of the mayor's most intractable problems.

The NYPD can't do much about the slew of sex offenders shacking up in homeless shelters across the city, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton insisted Friday.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio may have come to the Capitol on Tuesday to ask state lawmakers for help with affordable housing programs and homeless shelter allowances, but he found himself forced to answer a barrage of questions about an unexpected issue as more than a half - dozen lawmakers pressured him to allow a property tax cap in the city.

Nonprofit providers who operate shelters and provide homeless prevention and aftercare services, who have been agitating for across - the - board contract increases from the de Blasio administration as part of this year's budget, said they were concerned about how the city planned to fund what amounts to a broadening of their work.

City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who represents the Queens district where the Maspeth shelter protests took place, said the administration had left her in the dark about the new plan.

The city is forced by state law to collect rent from shelter residents with jobs, but isn't happy about it.

And he signaled his awareness of the potential political fight he might face when he tries to open new shelters across the city, promising that while he would work harder to communicate with local communities about plans to open shelters, that «doesn't mean there's going to be peace and love all the time.»

About 30 protestors from the neighborhood, along with City Council Member Letitia James, State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery and pop singer Crystal Waters, who sang her hit «Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless),» protested last week in front of the shelter and down the street from it at Freddy's Bar (which is also facing condemnation for the project).

About 58,000 people are living in city shelters with an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 others living on the streets.

In Saratoga Springs, residents are voicing concerns about the location of a new code blue shelter in the city.

The number of people sleeping in New York City homeless shelters has risen to nearly 60,000, according to an official city count released today, reviving questions about the effectiveness of Mayor Bill de Blasio's policies to combat homelessnCity homeless shelters has risen to nearly 60,000, according to an official city count released today, reviving questions about the effectiveness of Mayor Bill de Blasio's policies to combat homelessncity count released today, reviving questions about the effectiveness of Mayor Bill de Blasio's policies to combat homelessness.

Cuomo reinforced the need for shelter reforms to reporters after a Wednesday announcement about a revitalization of Penn Station, which was held at the same time de Blasio was hosting a news conference downtown on his plan to pay 50,000 more workers in the city at least $ 15 per hour by 2018.

CROWN HEIGHTS — The city faced tough questions Thursday night about a plan to open another homeless shelter in the neighborhood, as locals demanded they reconsider the plan and make it low - income housing instead.

But many in the crowd weren't satisfied with the plan and grilled the city and representatives of the shelter's operator, the nonprofit Samaritan Village, about the cost of the Rogers Avenue project.

Taylor's resignation comes after two weeks in which the Homeless Services Commissioner appeared to have a less - than - full command of data about the city's homeless shelter system during testimony he gave to the City Council, and during a sit - down television intervcity's homeless shelter system during testimony he gave to the City Council, and during a sit - down television intervCity Council, and during a sit - down television interview.

With tax revenues booming, Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday proposed a new $ 82.2 billion city budget that included goodies for just about every constituency, from a $ 50 million pool on Staten Island to animal shelters in Queens and The Bronx.

The City Council is about to take the next step toward making feminine hygiene products readily available, and free, in New York City public schools, shelters, and correctional facilities.

Concern about the shelter has been so great that City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal made it one of her top priorities during her first days in office.

Governor Cuomo's first state budget in 2011 cut state aid for homeless youth shelters, including those that serve LGBT youth, who account for about 40 % of all homeless youth in New York City.

«About 87,000 New York City schoolkids live in homeless shelters or temporary housing, and not a single school district is spared from this epidemic,» said Borough President KATZ.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara filed documents seeking information about elevated lead levels in housing shelters and New York City Public Housing, and how the agency handled environmental complaints.

Banks on Tuesday disputed that criticism, saying city officials had provided ample notice and held several hours of community listening sessions with elected officials and local residents to discuss their concerns about the proposed shelter.

At the observatory, which is nestled into the limestone mountains above the city of Arecibo, about a dozen staff sheltered in place during the worst of Maria.

But the amount of land space taken up by cities is actually relatively small compared with the number of people they shelter: satellite image composites show that urban sites cover only 2.8 per cent of the Earth's land; accordingly the UN estimates that about 3.3 billion people occupy an area less than half the size of Australia.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

This fact - based drama is more than a feel good story about a woman sheltering Jews in the city's bombed out zoo at great personal risk.

At first, Thelma seems like a normal university freshman coming from a sheltered upbringing into the big city — her parents call her too often, she has trouble making friends, and she's questioning everything about her upbringing — but when she begins to have seizures that seem tied to extraordinary events, things get weird.

AFC Testifies on the Fiscal Year 2018 Executive Budget for New York City, May 25, 2017 AFC testified about the Fiscal Year 2018 city budget proposal, urging the Administration and City Council to increase funding for DOE social workers for students living in homeless shelters, Restorative Practices and other alternatives to school suspensions, and school accessibilCity, May 25, 2017 AFC testified about the Fiscal Year 2018 city budget proposal, urging the Administration and City Council to increase funding for DOE social workers for students living in homeless shelters, Restorative Practices and other alternatives to school suspensions, and school accessibilcity budget proposal, urging the Administration and City Council to increase funding for DOE social workers for students living in homeless shelters, Restorative Practices and other alternatives to school suspensions, and school accessibilCity Council to increase funding for DOE social workers for students living in homeless shelters, Restorative Practices and other alternatives to school suspensions, and school accessibility.

A social worker at a women's homeless shelter in New York City contacted me about a resident of the shelter who wanted to sue her former employers for unpaid wages.

She said there is lots of work yet to be done, at both the city shelter facility and in educating Tulsa about spay / neuter.

According to Atwater, «The shelters in most large cities are diligent about spaying or neutering pets before release.

Is this simply about affecting the city budget by privatizing our municipal animal shelter and couching it as concern for the animals?

«We were concerned about the number of pets ending up in the Tulsa City Shelter and having to be killed,» Anita says.

Visits to the City shelter also give me quite a dose of reality that some of you don't even know about.

TulsaPets Magazine attended a press conference this morning about new changes at the City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Shelter.

Amy Wettlaufer — In her role as Program Manager with All About Animals Rescue, Amy Wettlaufer manages an active Community Cats program, which includes partnerships with the Macomb County Animal Shelter and the City of Warren.

My Rosie came from the City shelter, so I sent in a story about her.

In Kansas City metro, we kill about 15,000 animals a year — in a city that has probably a 1/2 dozen «no kill» sheltCity metro, we kill about 15,000 animals a year — in a city that has probably a 1/2 dozen «no kill» sheltcity that has probably a 1/2 dozen «no kill» shelters.

However, according to Seaside Animal Welfare, the city has no deals in place with any sanctuaries or rescues at this time, and if you know anything about a feral cat in a city shelter, you know they don't have a good chance of being socialized or adopted.

This gorgeous, and VERY sweet girl was dumped at the city shelter after contacting VSR about surrendering her to us.