Sentences with phrase «on city homeless shelters»

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I have volunteered in homeless shelters in two major cities and the ones that rely on private donations exclusively do a MUCH better job of helping the homeless and the poor than the government run shelters.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Stepping up the effort to press the Cuomo administration to provide more funding to shelter homeless youth, State Senator Brad Hoylman, an out gay Manhattan Democrat, appeared with fellow elected officials and advocates outside of City Hall on February 12 to make the case.

DNAInfo article on BP Adams joining Mayor de Blasio at a town hall in Bedford - Stuyvesant that focused on a new homeless shelter plan for the city.

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BY PAUL SCHINDLER With the May 8 release of his final executive budget proposal for fiscal year 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio is making good on his commitment from last year's campaign to step up city support for homeless youth shelter space by 100 beds each year.

Malliotakis also touched on familiar criticisms of Mayor de Blasio, saying that he «ties the hands of law enforcement» and ignores the will of City residents in areas such as his plan to build 90 shelters for the homeless and his newly adopted goal of replacing Rikers Island with jails throughout the City.

Other proposals by the Albanese campaign include new Mitchell Lama development in place of the mayor's proposal to build 90 new homeless shelters, a tax on real estate purchased by foreign individuals and corporations as investments rather than residences, and consolidating «programs like Head Start and pre-K under a single city agency.»

At a City Council hearing last week, Taylor was unable to say how many homeless people were currently living on the streets — which de Blasio pegged at 3,000 to 4,000 — or had entered city shelters since he was appoinCity Council hearing last week, Taylor was unable to say how many homeless people were currently living on the streets — which de Blasio pegged at 3,000 to 4,000 — or had entered city shelters since he was appoincity shelters since he was appointed.

There were 866 homeless men, women and children in the shelter system whose last known address was on the North Shore, followed by 109 in Mid-Island and 66 on the South Shore, according to city numbers as of Feb. 28.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER By unanimous votes on March 7, the City Council approved three measures aimed at strengthening shelter options for homeless youth in New York, including a long contested move to raise the age limit for eligibility in youth shelters to include those 21 to 24 years old.

The city is way behind on the number of homeless shelters that Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed to open.

Former Council Speaker Christine Quinn, now head of supportive housing nonprofit Women in Need, was on hand to announce the results of the de Blasio administration's review of the city's homeless shelters — and to shower her longtime rival's team with praise.

BY NATHAN RILEY A measure approved by the City Council on October 31 guarantees that homeless shelters across New York will be staffed by people trained to prevent fatal overdoses.

During former mayor Michael Bloomberg's tenure, the state cut what was known as the Advantage Program, which allowed the city to spend its Department of Homeless Services budget on rental assistance for families leaving shelters, as long as they were employed or actively seeking jobs.

The comptroller projected a gap $ 800 million larger than the $ 3 billion the mayor expects that year because the city will have to shell out more on a rescue plan for public hospitals, homeless shelters, and overtime.

At noon, Sen. Leroy Comrie joins the NAACP, National Action Network and others to call on the administration to stop the placement of homeless shelters in southeast Queens, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled plans on Tuesday to build 90 new homeless shelters in New York City as his policy for handling the city's homelessness crisis continues to come under scrutCity as his policy for handling the city's homelessness crisis continues to come under scrutcity's homelessness crisis continues to come under scrutiny.

In response to an audit by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted the state previously had not been aggressive enough in tackling poor conditions at NYC homeless shelters, but nonetheless still laid a large share of the blame on the city.

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.

Last week, the party's pols were on the steps of City Hall and in the Legislature, pushing against the Bloomberg administration's plan to charge rent to some people in homeless shelters.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to build or open 90 new homeless shelters in New York City over the next five years, with the aim of opening 20 new shelters in 2017 and 20 more the following year, vowing slow and incremental progress in tackling the city's homelessness probCity over the next five years, with the aim of opening 20 new shelters in 2017 and 20 more the following year, vowing slow and incremental progress in tackling the city's homelessness probcity's homelessness problem.

The city's Department of Homeless Services alone has increased its spending on shelters, prevention and rental assistance by nearly 62 percent since Fiscal Year 2014, from $ 1 billion to $ 1.69 billion in the current fiscal year.

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.

Party bosses sent out an e-mail last week that neatly flipped the problem on its head: «Mayor Bloomberg wants to charge rent in the city's homeless shelters.

During Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, she served on the New York City Commission on LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth, which made recommendations for providing more safe shelter spaces.

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.

While the city is racing to open up homeless shelters, remember, they pulled the plug on a 400 - bed shelter in 2005.

On Wednesday, Bratton described synthetic marijuana as a «scourge on our society,» and said, «It affects teenagers in public housing, homeless in the city shelter system, and it's quite literally flooding our streets.&raquOn Wednesday, Bratton described synthetic marijuana as a «scourge on our society,» and said, «It affects teenagers in public housing, homeless in the city shelter system, and it's quite literally flooding our streets.&raquon our society,» and said, «It affects teenagers in public housing, homeless in the city shelter system, and it's quite literally flooding our streets.»

Albanese, a lawyer, said the city often refused to indemnify public workers for actions taken «outside the scope of their employment,» and cited a case he handled on behalf of two security guards at an Upper Manhattan homeless shelter.

Ms. Rosen suggested that one possibility might be to convert the many transitional shelters currently housing homeless families to permanent facilities, though there may be substantial resistance on the part of building owners, who are accustomed to charging the city upwards of $ 3,000 a month per room for shelter units and would likely have to settle for much less if they were converted to more stable housing.

It should reject, the legislature should reject, an ill - considered proposal in the governor's budget for homeless programs,» Mr. de Blasio said, claiming it could leave 500 city families in shelters or on the street.

The task force, chaired by city Human Resources Administration commissioner Steve Banks, Housing Preservation and Development commissioner Vicki Been and Laura Mascuch, executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, will help the city expedite the creation of the new housing units, de Blasio said, as it faces high numbers of homeless people living in city shelters and on the streets.

In April, the city opted to kick out roughly 200 homeless New Yorkers from a two - building emergency shelter on the Upper West Side, freeing up at least 100 affordable housing units slated for low - income residents, as previously reported.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today a range of reforms to suppress violence and crime in the city's troubled homeless shelter system — which include plans to have cops train on - site security staff and place an NYPD unit in charge of drawing up a comprehensive safety plan.

The Doe Fund, a nonprofit organization based in Manhattan, was selected by the city to develop a 200 - bed homeless shelter at the Muller Army Reserve Center, a former military base on Nereid Avenue in Wakefield.

The city is vacating roughly 200 homeless New Yorkers from a two - building emergency shelter on the Upper West Side, freeing up at least 100 affordable housing units slated for low - income residents, according to a report.

«I have been vocal in my opposition to many of the mayor's policies,» Malliotakis said, criticizing him for his policies on property taxes, water bills, spending, his plan to open 90 homeless shelters across the city, and sanctuary cities, among them.

In a packed auditorium, an angry crowd pushed back on the city's plan to open a homeless shelter for 132 families at 267 Rogers Ave. in Crown Heights, demanding to know how much the project will cost and whether it will help solve, as Assemblywoman Diana Richardson put it, the area's «housing crisis.»

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 80» and 90's, Westchester County purposely move people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.

In a City Council Hearing last week, Taylor could not give an accurate number for the amount of people living on city streets, or for the number of admissions to city homeless shelters since de Blasio took offCity Council Hearing last week, Taylor could not give an accurate number for the amount of people living on city streets, or for the number of admissions to city homeless shelters since de Blasio took offcity streets, or for the number of admissions to city homeless shelters since de Blasio took offcity homeless shelters since de Blasio took office.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to curb homelessness in New York City is exacerbating the housing crisis, according to New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, who is calling on the mayor to stop allowing landlords of rent - stabilized apartments to turn their buildings into homeless shelters.

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.

The proposal, for the final budget of Mr. de Blasio's first term, provided a blueprint of sorts for a potential second term with big - ticket investments — including an additional $ 1.9 billion in capital spending to create more apartments for some of the poorest New Yorkers — and long - term plans, like tens of millions of dollars to start a preschool program for 3 - year - olds in city public schools, and new spending on homeless shelters.

On Wednesday afternoon, City Comptroller Scott Stringer called for an «immediate and thorough review of the safety and conditions of every commercial hotel being used to house homeless families throughout all five boroughs,» in order to provide a «complete accounting» of what the city plans to do to ensure the shelters are protecCity Comptroller Scott Stringer called for an «immediate and thorough review of the safety and conditions of every commercial hotel being used to house homeless families throughout all five boroughs,» in order to provide a «complete accounting» of what the city plans to do to ensure the shelters are proteccity plans to do to ensure the shelters are protected.

He was pushed on the plan by locals, including a homeless mother who said she was moved from The Bronx to Brooklyn, was unable to find housing with a city voucher and lived in a shelter riddled with mice with her two children and husband.

He has sued the city on the grounds that it is placing a large number of homeless shelters in the Bronx.

A group of Queens elected officials and residents rallied on the steps of City Hall on Friday to criticize Mayor Bill de Blasio and what they say are his failed homeless policies, an over reliance on using hotels as shelters and a lack of communication from City Hall.

But he says when implemented it would actually save the state and city significantly more by relying less on costly shelters and other homeless services.

UPPER WEST SIDE — City Comptroller John Liu has rejected a five year contract for two controversial homeless shelters installed last summer on West 95th Street, to the relief of critics who have railed against them since their «emergency» opening and the consternation of city officials who blasted it as political grandstandCity Comptroller John Liu has rejected a five year contract for two controversial homeless shelters installed last summer on West 95th Street, to the relief of critics who have railed against them since their «emergency» opening and the consternation of city officials who blasted it as political grandstandcity officials who blasted it as political grandstanding.

It is well - known throughout political circles that in the 1980» and 90's, Westchester County purposely moved people living on Welfare, Receiving Section 8 Vouchers, and homeless shelters to cities like Mt. Vernon, Yonkers, Peekskill and other high minority populated areas and did not give financial assistance to fund support programs for the large migration of needy families that were purposely sent to these cities by the Westchester County government.