Sentences with phrase «homeless population of the city»

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Longtime residents, many of them African - American, have been displaced, and the city's homeless population has grown.

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The two - mile walk will weave through the city and end at Copley Square, where participants will share a meal with some of the city's organizations that are working to eradicate homelessness, and some members of the homeless population.

With New York City's homeless population in shelters at a record high of 50,000, a growing number of people living there are actually working — sometimes more than one job — but still can't afford a place of their own.

When this question was reported last November, 8 % thought the number of homeless people in New York City had gone down, 42 % thought the homeless population had grown, and 42 % said it had remained the same.

It is the responsibility of Westchester County to provide housing, funds and other resources for the homeless, however, municipalities like the City of Yonkers are faced with the day to day issues concerning the homeless population.

The mayor's team has noted the homeless population began to swell under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and has blamed the problem on rising rents and the loss of city and state assistance programs.

Today's Council resolution was supported by homeless advocates, who cite the loss of Advantage, and the need for a replacement, as a significant factor in the city's rising homeless population.

According to one city cop, Cruz got by on very little income, making the rounds of local soup kitchens and spending time hanging around with fellow members of the city's homeless population.

Cuomo is considering converting the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center campus in Queens into lodgings for some of New York City's homeless population, as well as using other state psychiatric facilities.

Critics of de Blasio have also complained that he hasn't done enough to address the city's historic lack of affordable housing and a growing homeless population.

Mr. de Blasio has made supportive housing — which is affordable housing for vulnerable populations with services like healthcare, substance abuse, and mental health help on site for residents — a central component of his plan to tackle the city's ongoing homeless crisis, which has seen both the shelter and the street population on the rise.

The Campaign 4 NY / NY Housing asks that Governor Cuomo launch a new statewide supportive housing program consisting of 35,000 units to be created in partnership with New York City and localities across the state with large and growing homeless populations over the next ten years.

«Perhaps [Mark Viverito] should focus on taking care of the filthy conditions of New York City, the ever - expanding homeless population and lowering taxes, along with Mayor de Blasio, widely considered the worst mayor in the United States,» he said.

«It's going to be person by person, because literally each homeless person has their own challenge,» he added, touting the city's commitment to create 15,000 units of supportive housing over the next 15 years, as well as new behavioral health services for the city's homeless and mentally ill population.

The mayor dismissed the personal criticism from Cuomo as he repeated calls he's made in recent weeks for the state to «step up» and offer more resources to help with the city's growing population of nearly 60,000 homeless residents.

New York City is home to about 10 percent of the homeless population in the United States.

He's struggled to staunch the growth of the city's homeless population despite building or protecting more than 77,000 affordable homes.

Only five locations of the 90 planned homeless shelters have been announced by the city so far in the DHS overhaul, which aims to close all cluster and hotel shelter sites and reduce the overall shelter population by 2,500 people in five years.

Those rejections, City Hall officials said, were holding up millions of dollars in payments to contractors providing temporary shelter for the city's homeless populatCity Hall officials said, were holding up millions of dollars in payments to contractors providing temporary shelter for the city's homeless populatcity's homeless population.

She acknowledged the challenges that come with the «Not in My Backyard,» or «NIMBY,» worldview — which the mayor said has hurt the city's proposals to bring homeless shelters to different neighborhoods — noting that given the rising population of New York City, the city has to «build more than people in neighborhoods would like.&racity's proposals to bring homeless shelters to different neighborhoods — noting that given the rising population of New York City, the city has to «build more than people in neighborhoods would like.&raCity, the city has to «build more than people in neighborhoods would like.&racity has to «build more than people in neighborhoods would like.»

And City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton recently said the mayor's administration had been slow to recognize an explosion in the city's population of unsheltered homeless peoCity Police Commissioner Bill Bratton recently said the mayor's administration had been slow to recognize an explosion in the city's population of unsheltered homeless peocity's population of unsheltered homeless people.

The city does not have a daily census of its unsheltered homeless population, but is working briskly to come up with a way to count them, Taylor said.

But as Mr. de Blasio suffers criticism on a host of fronts — the city's ballooning homeless population, his recent handling of a Legionnaire's disease outbreak, every single dig from Gov. Andrew Cuomo — there have been relatively few Democrats who he can consistently count on to preach the gospel of de Blasio.

Both Taylor and the city's Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks testified Wednesday that the city is pumping an «unprecedented» amount of money, time and effort into addressing the city's sizable homeless population, which is now estimated at roughly 58,000 people in shelters, and more than 3,000 people on city streets.

At an oversight hearing Wednesday on how Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is handling the city's homeless population, City Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep at nicity's homeless population, City Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep ahomeless population, City Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep at niCity Councilman Steve Levin asked Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep aHomeless Services Commissioner Gil Taylor exactly how many people are currently living on New York City's streets, without a place to sleep at niCity's streets, without a place to sleep at night.

«Perhaps she should focus on taking care of the filthy conditions of New York City, the ever expanding homeless population and lowering taxes, along with Mayor de Blasio, widely considered the worst Mayor in the United States,» Mr. Trump said in a statement emailed to the Observer.

An annual count of the city's unsheltered population showed a 40 percent increase in homeless people on city streets, despite the efforts of the de Blasio administration to curb the rising rate of homelessness.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studeCity Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studecity with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studecity school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless studecity school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

The comptroller pointed to his various audits of the administration, which range from its controversial actions that allowed a Lower East Side AIDS hospice to become luxury condos, to its operation of the New York City Housing Authority, to its handling of the mushrooming homeless population.

UPPER WEST SIDE — A controversial shelter that opened in 2012 will have its homeless population reduced by half toward the end of the year under an agreement city leaders reached with the Department of Homeless Shomeless population reduced by half toward the end of the year under an agreement city leaders reached with the Department of Homeless SHomeless Services.

The hotel, a Ramada Inn in the middle of Staten Island, is one of 41 across the five boroughs the city is using to house more than 2,600 homeless adults and children, as the city's homeless population has stretched the capacity of the city's shelter system.

For many, though, de Blasio isn't acting quickly or effectively enough in reducing the city's street and shelter homeless populations, which total around 60,000 people, or in improving the quality of the city's shelters.

Both the City Council and Controller Scott Stringer questioned the precipitously rising budget for the Department of Homeless Services Tuesday, even as the homeless population of about 61,000 New Yorkers has yet Homeless Services Tuesday, even as the homeless population of about 61,000 New Yorkers has yet homeless population of about 61,000 New Yorkers has yet to drop.

Ulrich emphasized his support for the controversial stop - and - frisk tactic and blasted de Blasio's handling of the city's mushrooming homeless population, and even called for the firing of his homelessness czar Steve Banks.

Picture the Homeless said that the vacant property could house the entire homeless population of New YoHomeless said that the vacant property could house the entire homeless population of New Yohomeless population of New York City.

A day after Mayor Bill de Blasio released his long - awaited plan to shrink the city's homeless shelter population, Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks said he won't join the exodus of high - ranking officials from the administration — saying he plans to finish «what I started.»

The measure, which was set to go into effect Monday, would make adults seeking shelter prove they have nowhere else to go — in a move that advocates said would force some of the city's ballooning homeless population into the street as winter approaches.

«This points to an often unrecognized problem for the segment of Canada's homeless population that suffers from mental illness,» said Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos, chief of psychiatry at St. Michael's Hospital and a scientist in its Centre for Research on Inner City Health.

In that role, Cameron was chairman of the Budget Committee with responsibility for the development and oversight of the capital city's $ 300,000,000 combined annual budgets; recruited and secured authorization of the largest urban redevelopment project east of the Mississippi River; led the development and implementation of an economic recruitment strategy that netted over $ 1 Billion in new economic investments; and moved 92 % of the city's homeless population into paths out of poverty through a collaborative effort with nearly 100 churches and homeless service providers.

Some officials, including Mayor Carolyn Goodman, said that while several cities have adopted the laws, they haven't seen any evidence that the bans have measurably reduced the homeless pet populations or number of puppy mills.

With TNR as the core of their mission, Karn and Mark moved forward with plans for a permanent facility to address the city's rapidly growing homeless cat population.

While Toronto's shelters and outreach agencies do what they can to serve the needs of the city's homeless population, the needs of pets whose owners are living on the streets are often overlooked.

«The latest numbers indicate that 5 % to 10 % of the New York City homeless population are pet owners.

Aware of Portland's burgeoning homeless population, those living in one of the most pet friendly cities in the U.S. were alarmed to witness the increasing numbers of pets living on Portland's streets and in homeless camps.

For perspective, the number of homeless dogs is just short of double the human population of the city (18M).

Created in 2004 as a collaboration effort between a municipality, Homeless Cat Network and the community, the program balances the humane treatment of the cat population and the needs of the City and users of the levee / pedway that they live beside.

A REVIEW OF THE WEEK»S NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE ART WORLD Featuring Johnetta B. Cole, Andres Serrano, Chris Ofili, Kara Walker, Jacolby Satterwhite, Hank Willis Thomas and more ANDRES SERRANO is bringing the city's homeless population to the attention of New Yorkers with a new photography project (video aboveOF THE WEEK»S NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE ART WORLD Featuring Johnetta B. Cole, Andres Serrano, Chris Ofili, Kara Walker, Jacolby Satterwhite, Hank Willis Thomas and more ANDRES SERRANO is bringing the city's homeless population to the attention of New Yorkers with a new photography project (video aboveof New Yorkers with a new photography project (video above).

In these two works, the artist brings attention the city's marginalized homeless population, questioning the visibility and invisibility of the disenfranchised in the public sphere.

ANDRES SERRANO is bringing the city's homeless population to the attention of New Yorkers with a new photography project (video above).