Department of social services
Advocates say that without safe and accessible housing options, Adams’s plan won’t reduce street homelessness.
Mar 26, 3:57 PM
The New York City Council voted last year to expand the city’s housing voucher system for New Yorkers experiencing homeless. But advocates, landlords, and voucher recipients say bureaucratic mishaps in the program are keeping people stuck in shelters longer than necessary.
Feb 18, 5:00 AM
The pandemic upended New York’s hotel industry. Some disused buildings are finding new life as shelters for people experiencing homelessness.
Feb 1, 10:50 AM
Hired as someone who had worked as a tireless advocate for homeless New Yorkers, Banks wound up overseeing a historic rise in New York City's homeless shelter population.
Nov 22, 2021 5:04 PM
The state appellate court threw out a 2018 lawsuit that had argued the hotel at 158 West 58th Street was too old and unsafe to house a $60.8 million, 150-bed men’s shelter.
May 29, 2021 1:54 PM
Nearly seven years, about 50% of families were deemed eligible; more recently, the number has been 26-27%.
Feb 4, 2021 6:52 AM
The motion argues that the unnamed Lucerne resident “has a right to join the case” because fellow shelter residents who oppose the move in the lawsuit “do not adequately represent his interests."
Oct 28, 2020 3:58 PM