Opinion: Lessons for Adams on homelessness from his mayoral predecessors

Here’s what past mayors did to help the homeless and implement supportive housing policies, some more successfully than others.

• By Douglas Lasdon
• April 20, 2022

Jumaane Williams proposes ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’

The New York City public advocate wants to codify protections for unhoused people.

• By Sara Dorn
• April 14, 2022

New York City workers keep throwing out homeless people’s belongings

The Sanitation Department said ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,’ but homeless advocates called the policy garbage.

• By Jeff Coltin
• April 5, 2022

Eric Adams insisted homeless shelters were ‘good’ alternative to encampments

The mayor responded to advocates who criticized him for directing city workers to clear makeshift campsites.

• By Sara Dorn
• March 29, 2022

Bureaucratic delays, mistakes block homeless families from finding shelter: report

• By Sara Dorn
• March 24, 2022

Bureaucratic delays, mistakes block homeless families from finding shelter: report

The average monthly percentage of homeless families with children deemed eligible for shelter in New York City dipped to the lowest level since 2014 last year.

• By Sara Dorn
• March 23, 2022

Adams and Hochul have a new plan to reduce homelessness on NYC subways

Elected officials want to bring in more cops, social service outreach and legal pressure.

• By Zach Williams
• February 18, 2022

Hochul and Adams take tag-team approach to subway homelessness

The move to direct more cops to the subway system has already raised some eyebrows.

• By Annie McDonough
• January 6, 2022

How NYC’s right to shelter mandate works

Over the past four decades, this consent decree has helped secure temporary housing for thousands of homeless New Yorkers in need – but is it making for sustainable solutions?

• By Gabriel Poblete
• October 7, 2021

What’s the deal with CORE Services Group?

The city’s biggest homeless services operator has been involved in some shady business dealings, according to a new report from The New York Times.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• October 5, 2021

Christine Quinn’s on the other side of the table now

The former candidate weighs in on homeless policies in the New York City mayoral race.

• By Jeff Coltin
• May 20, 2021

Smaller homeless shelters need vaccination help

Overcoming hesitancy among residents and getting them to vaccination sites pose challenges.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• March 30, 2021

How Shams DaBaron became the ‘homeless hero’

The Lucerne resident helped organize an upcoming mayoral forum.

• By Stephen Jeffrey Cappel
• February 3, 2021

How the Lucerne Hotel reversal happened

A threatened lawsuit caused NYC to move homeless men out of the Upper West Side.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 9, 2020

City Council and de Blasio battle over hotels for the homeless

There are concerns about the cost of providing homeless adults with their own rooms – and whether it’s even helpful.

• By Kay Dervishi
• May 19, 2020

Can de Blasio ever win on homelessness?

The governor has put the mayor to work figuring out homelessness on the NYC subways.

• By Zach Williams
• April 29, 2020

Homeless New Yorkers at greater risk from COVID-19

A struggle to pay for resources and staff hampers New York City’s ability to help the homeless.

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 18, 2020

NYC got homeless vets off the streets. Can it replicate the feat?

A major federal initiative, plenty of city resources and coordination were key in the city’s success.

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 11, 2020

Will de Blasio’s subway homelessness plan be a train wreck?

Homeless advocates, outreach workers and cops say the mayor’s approach doesn’t address root causes.

• By Kay Dervishi
• March 10, 2020

How New York’s programs and policies are keeping the homeless on the street

Despite damning reports, calls to action and billions spent, New York is perpetuating the crisis.

• By Bob Hennelly
• March 9, 2020