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News Archive for "Homelessness"

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LAS Decries Mayor’s Claim Asylum Seekers Are Adding to Homelessness Crisis

Legal Aid is calling on the Mayor to focus on real solutions like long-term affordable housing and end his punitive policy of militarized encampment sweeps.

City Reverses Course on Dangerous Plan for Homeless New Yorkers

Following outrage by The Legal Aid Society, the City said it would delay and reconsider the implementation of burdensome criteria for obtaining protective shelter placements in less dense settings.

LAS Condemns City’s Plan to Transfer Elder New Yorkers to Homeless Shelters

Despite the fact that those 65 and up face a significantly higher risk of death from COVID-19, the City is threatening to move some older and other vulnerable individuals from single rooms to communal settings.

Victory: LAS Secures WiFi for Thousands of Students in Homeless Shelters

WiFi capacity in shelters helps bridge the digital divide faced facing some of New York City's most vulnerable residents.

LAS Decries Continued Sweeps of Homeless Encampments

Advocates are condemning the Adams Administration for the use of tactics that are both inhumane and ineffective in providing relief to homeless New Yorkers.

Advocates: NYS Homeless Shelters Must Have Reliable Internet Access

Recent litigation by The Legal Aid Society ensured over 240 shelters in New York City would be wired, proposed legislation would provide access across the State, reports the Bronx Times.

LAS: Shelter Rule Changes for Families Should Be Permanent

The Department of Social Services streamlined their cumbersome intake process when COVID-19 hit and advocates want to make sure those changes stay in place, reports City Limits.

Homeless Veterans to Receive Proper Accommodations From City

The men will be transferred to a facility that can provide individual rooms to protect them from the spread of COVID-19, according to the New York Daily News.

City Fails Homeless Veterans in Latest Hotel to Shelter Transfer

Veterans in Queens were recently transferred to a facility that does not meet their needs, according to the New York Daily News.

LAS Backs Bill to Provide Rental Assistance for Homeless Youth

The proposed City Council legislation would require the Department of Social Services to count time spent in youth shelters when determining eligibility for rental assistance, reports THE CITY.