Sentences with phrase «take on the homelessness»

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!

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.

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VANCOUVER — B.C. New Democrats are marking Homelessness Action Week by calling on the B.C. Liberal government to take real action to help the homeless by passing poverty reduction legislation and providing real support to communities.

Selina Robinson demands the government take real action on homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in the Lower Mainland.

Where does God say,» Just do spiritual warfare on ONE ISSUE at a time???»... Ever since the day of John the Baptist a WAR has been RACING in the heavens, and the VIOLENT -LRB-... Holy Spiritually VIOLENT...) are taking it... BY FORCE!!!!... As for single moms???... The tiny home initiative has reduced homelessness in Utah by over 70 % and that takes about 45 - 60 % of a single year's aide to build it THIS YEAR and next to nothing to keep it going!!!!... Next issue....

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.

Most recently, she served as Legislative Director for Council Member Rosie Mendez, where she was tasked with helping shape legislation and policy to address homelessness, improve health, regulate the recent spate of new construction, take on landlord harassment, and save taxpayer dollars by improving inefficiencies within city agencies.

«While we warmly welcome the Government's pledges to tackle rough sleeping, including a homelessness and rough sleeping taskforce, now that we know the solutions to end rough sleeping for good we're calling on the Government to take swift action to tackle the problem and fix it once and for all.»

Mr. de Blasio said he and Ms. Quinn had been looking for an opportunity to work together publicly on the issue of homelessness since she took her new position, and what better event than one where they handed out toys to children at a Win shelter on the eve of Christmas Eve?

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

At noon, the annual People's State of the State rally, focusing on poverty, hunger and homelessness, will take place outside the state Capitol's State Street entrance, Albany.

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.

Cuomo took questions from reporters following a rally for increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 with labor leaders, but all of the questions focused on homelessness.

Comptroller Scott Stringer blasted aspects of Mayor Bill de Blasio's preliminary budget for fiscal year 2018 on Wednesday, taking issue with the mayor's homelessness strategy and what Stringer described as a dearth of savings for city agencies.

Mangano's address covered issues ranging from veteran homelessness to the water quality in the Long Island Sound, but he focused on the revitalization of Nassau County's economy since taking office in 2009.

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 homelesshomelessness 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 homelessHomelessness 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 homelessnesshomelessness.»

Mayor de Blasio took the stage 25 minutes late for a Democratic candidates» forum Tuesday night where long - shot rivals criticized him on everything from his handling of homelessness to schools to policing.

Calls to 311 to complain about homelessness have risen 60 percent since de Blasio took office, and anecdotally, many New Yorkers think they are now seeing more people on the streets, with a flood of media attention backing up their perception.

On Sunday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a new Executive Order related to homelessness that appears to be the opening salvo in his plan to take aim at the issue, most pressingly in New York City, where he's criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio's handling of the crisis that includes about 60,000 homeless people.

Mr. Peralta, whose victory in 2010 made him the first Dominican - American to be elected to the State Senate, said in a statement released by the conference on Wednesday that «today's political climate demands that progressive legislators take bold action to deliver for their constituents,» adding that he wanted results on issues like affordable housing, homelessness and school funding.

The governor personally attended one meeting on Monday with nonprofit groups that handle outreach efforts for the homeless and seemed particularly taken with the idea of tackling street homelessness, the sources said.

The oft - repeated stand taken by the party and candidates is that quality of life in the city has declined, especially with regard to the city's homelessness crisis; income inequality has remained relatively unchanged; and crime is on the rise (though statistics show that, overall, crime has declined under de Blasio).

Freud did not expand on his thinking but some housing experts have predicted the government may need to change the definition of homelessness to prevent local councils having to take responsibility for housing benefit recipients unable to pay private sector rents as their housing benefit is cut.

PetSmart Charities is taking a stand on pet homelessness.

Art A-listers like Ian Davenport, Tracey Emin and Brian Eno will be taking part in an online auction and one - day exhibition, Art on the Mind, in order to support and raise awareness of Cardboard Citizens, a charity which uses theatre and wider creative means to help people who have experienced homelessness.

If we took 1 / 4th of the money we're wasting on the that glaring mistake in Iraq, we'd have money to address more efficient building codes, poverty, homelessness and global warming, just to mention a few.

Joining Bell, Rosanne Haggerty of Community Solutions discussed how tech's ability to collect and organize that kind of big data can offer a powerful new take on the longstanding issue of urban homelessness.

The difference is that CSWs tend to take on clients who are dealing with day - to - day survival challenges, including homelessness, joblessness, hunger, substance abuse, and other community - wide problems.

If we as REALTORS ® can take on weighty issues such as homelessness, what are we willing to do for our fellow homeowners?