Homeless
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Newyork
Why New York Needs a Right to Shelter
For months, New York politicians have been trying to dispense with an inconvenient mandate: a decades-old rule requiring New York City to provide shelter to anyone in need who asks. Mayor Eric Adams has gone to court to suspend the rule, saying the ...
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Newyork
2 Who Had Contracts to Run Shelters Charged With Stealing Public Funds
The men, who ran Childrens Community Services, pocketed money that was intended for housing homeless people.
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Newyork
New York’s Right to Shelter Is Under Attack. Again.
The mayor is going to court over the city’s unique decree guaranteeing a room to all New Yorkers. It is not the city’s first time, with dozens of similar challenges over the past decades.
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Newyork
New York Politicians Are Turning Away From the Housing Crisis
Politicians in New York, faced with a housing crisis that has driven more than 80,000 people into homeless shelters and renters to the brink, are simply throwing up their hands. In Albany, state legislators appear prepared to go home this month ...
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Newyork
A Generation of Women Named for Connie Chung
More from our inbox: The Dangerous Debt Limit DebateRon DeSantis, AuthoritarianForming a Community With Homeless NeighborsU.S. Role in Sex Exploitation in South KoreaConnie Chung, center, is one of the most famous Asian women in the U.S. Credit ...
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US
What’s Homelessness Really Like?
A Times project explores the daily lives of people experiencing homelessness.
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Newyork
New York City’s Social Services Commissioner Will Resign
Gary Jenkins, who has been criticized for his handling of the homeless crisis, said he would step down, according to a person who spoke with him.
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World
Some Homeless Encampments Can Stay, but the Underlying Issues Remain
Three court decisions have now ruled that the shelter system does not meet the needs of homeless people.
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News
How a Hotel Was Converted into Housing for Formerly Homeless People
Though Mayor Eric Adams estimated that 25,000 hotel rooms could be turned into supportive and affordable housing, only one building has been converted so far. And it was in the works before the plan.
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Newyork
35 Years of Efforts to Address Mental Illness on New York Streets
Mayors have launched numerous initiatives over the years to remove people with severe mental illness from the streets and subways.