Sentences with phrase «on homelessness»

Among those are spending on homelessness, which has increased by $ 2.8 billion under de Blasio, including a $ 150 million baseline increase in the preliminary budget for shelters.

Expect continued focus on homelessness and quality of life crimes.

She is also a notable expert on homelessness law, and has acted in multiple major cases regarding the law in this area.

No, they hadn't made any decisions on homelessness funding.

We're a long way off from solving youth homelessness, but even knowing the data on homelessness and health is a step toward making the lives of these kids better.

Check out these eye - opening statistics we've gathered on homelessness here at home and around the world.

Below you will find resources on homelessness, from early childhood to higher education.

She has a long history of volunteering with organizations focused on homelessness and access to justice.

Ritchie Torres wants to be known as the councilman who took on homelessness in New York — by providing them an affordable rooftop — in proportion to their income!

The designation by the US Interagency Council on Homelessness means the city has the services in place to quickly get long - term homeless veterans with disabilities into permanent housing.

He parlayed his work on homelessness into a job as assistant secretary at HUD, and in 1997, when he was not quite 40, was appointed secretary.

Former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn plans to criticize de Blasio's record on homelessness during a speech this morning, marking her toughest critique of the mayor since he defeated her in the 2013 race for City Hall.

The Orlando Regional REALTOR ® Association sponsored a Central Florida Commission on Homelessness event that featured the r...

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that Dr. Herminia Palacio will take over as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services and take on the homelessness crisis — and the new appointee quickly told reporters she didn't expect to fix the stubborn problem.

Sales rep John - Ross Parks spent nearly six days and nights on a downtown rooftop to raise funds for charity, while Peter Kolisnyk shined a spotlight on homelessness by sleeping in a car for seven nights.

Dale Zuchlewski heads up the Homeless Alliance of Western New York and is on Governor Cuomo's recently formed task force on homelessness.

The Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing led the Campaign's weekly action, bringing together activists and religious leaders from several faiths.

This winter, the Appalachian Regional Coalition on Homelessness reached out to the Ross Medical Education Center Johnson City, Tennessee campus with an urgent need for donations for their food pantry.

Meadows is now vice president for government affairs for the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® and plans to develop a national policy on homelessness for the NAR.

This conference will provide an opportunity to make research matter, to use research on homelessness to help shape policy and practice, and work towards developing effective solutions to end homelessness in Canada.

At 5:30 p.m., the Queens Borough Board, chaired by Borough President Melinda Katz, will hear a presentation on homelessness in the borough from Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Queens Borough Hall, 120 - 55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens, Queens.

This week in the ShakingNewsletter, we're looking at some of the nuts and bolts of politics: how activists are trying to pressure Cuomo to take action on homelessness and how candidates get on the ballot.

He had come to articulate progressive views on homelessness, capital punishment and the government's role in eradicating poverty.

In announcing the watch list, Stringer noted that citywide spending on homelessness across all agencies has more than doubled from $ 1.1 billion in FY 2013 to a projected $ 2.6 billion in FY 2019, resulting in a need to monitor DHS spending.

Former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn plans to criticize Mayor Bill de Blasio's record on homelessness during a speech Thursday, marking her toughest critique of the mayor since he defeated her in the 2013 race for City Hall.

He said the Council had yet to hear a «clearly articulated strategy» on homelessness from the administration.

«We think it will be absolutely magic to give these individuals and these dogs a second chance together,» says Mayor Ed Lee's point person on homelessness.

Stephen is also the clinical lead with a Housing First ACT Team for the Canadian Federal Mental Health Commission's (new) $ 110 million, five - city, four - year research project on homelessness, mental health, and substance use.

Obviously different jurisdictions (state and local) throughout the country maintain divergent policies on homelessness generally.

These standards include specific provisions on homelessness that are aligned with the McKinney - Vento Act.

She has worked with the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY), the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP), the National Disabilities Rights Network (NDRN), Washington State's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), and the American Bar Association, among other organizations.

A day after one of his aides got into a heated argument with a TV reporter over his refusal to take questions on homelessness, de Blasio insisted his administration had an open door policy with both the press and the public.

He founded HELP and chaired Mayor Dinkins» panel on homelessness, then served for four years as HUD Secretary.

(Oct. 1), will propose practical solutions for housing the tens of millions of refugees adrift throughout the world, while «By the People: Designing a Better America» at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York (Sept. 30) will focus on homelessness at home.

OCTOBER 23, 2008: Tyee cosponsors with 24 Hours newspaper a mayoral debate on homelessness that draws over 1,000 people.

Her career has included working for the Nelson Committee on Homelessness, and managing West Kootenay non-profits including the Nelson Food Cupboad and a micro-finance organization.

He praises the paper's recent campaigns on homelessness and sport.

Mr. Cuomo has repeatedly harped on the homelessness problem as a means of embarrassing Mr. de Blasio.

He touted $ 20 million he plans to spend statewide on homelessness and supportive and affordable housing, and planned revamps for Penn Station and the Javits Center, saying he was offering «unprecedented resources.»

Rick Henderson, the chief executive of Homeless Link, said: «With the welcome focus on homelessness prevention in the Homelessness Reduction Act coming into force next week, we are pleased the government has listened to us and the sector and taken this important step to remove a barrier to accommodation for young people at risk of homelessness.»

The comptroller, a frequent critic of the mayor who may challenge de Blasio on the ballot, was most critical of the administration's spending on homelessness with little to show in the way of results.

See how one man in Ithaca is trying to make a big impact on homelessness in upstate one tiny house at a time.

De Blasio and Cuomo have been sparring on homelessness for weeks, often trading blows in the form of policy roll outs as both men seek to assume control of the crisis.

The budget development made an odd counterpoint to Mr. Cuomo's State of the State address, also Wednesday, when he seemed to make nice with his frequent foil, Mayor Bill de Blasio, offering him, among other things, a partnership on homelessness and affordable housing, and $ 20 billion to pay for it.

This past week, Senator Peralta joined us as we released an investigative report on homelessness reforms and spoke so viscerally on the unacceptable, deplorable conditions faced by families placed in hotels and cluster sites,» said Senator Diane Savino (D - SI / Brooklyn).

De Blasio's address Thursday, delivered as he nears the exact halfway point of his mayoralty, outlined some of his accomplishments, but was focused almost entirely on homelessness.

McDonald, a generous Cuomo donor, served on a homelessness commission spearheaded by Cuomo in the 1990s, and routinely defends his homelessness record.

Taylor will continue to work for the de Blasio administration temporarily, advising the mayor full time on homelessness.