Bronx
City Limits Criminal Justice Reporting Honored
Jarrett Murphy |
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency recognized our coverage of staff sexual misconduct in New York’s prisons and the housing challenges facing former inmates.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Three-Quarter Houses Mix Problems with Positives
Patrick Arden |
The unregulated rooming houses often feature crowded, unsafe conditions. But even some critics point out that they play an important role in keeping people off the street.
Housing and Homelessness
Lawsuits Target Three-Quarter Operators
Patrick Arden |
At some dormitories for homeless people, lawyers allege, landlords forced tenants to attend particular drug programs and failed to provide safe housing. But operators say they were trying to do good—or at least following the law.
Housing and Homelessness
Deep Concerns about ‘Three-Quarter’ Housing
Patrick Arden |
Three-quarter homes give people who are homeless, leaving prison or seeking substance-abuse treatment a place to stay. But critics say the houses are unregulated and sometimes unsafe.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Homelessness: It’s About Race, Not Just Poverty
Ralph da Costa Nunez |
A new report finds black families are seven times more likely than whites to end up in the shelter system. For a minority group that’s faced official and informal housing discrimination, poverty is only part of the explanation.
Bronx
Feds Fall Down on Homeless Women Vets
Jarrett Murphy |
The number of homeless women veterans tracked by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs has more than doubled in the past five years, but they are poorly served by existing programs, an investigation finds.
Brooklyn
Amid Court Fight, Formerly Homeless In Limbo
Daniel Prendergast |
The end of the Advantage subsidy program leaves advocates battling to salvage a policy they criticized, the city bracing for more demand for scarce shelter beds and low-income families wondering what comes next.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Plan Calls for Longer Shelter Stays
Jarrett Murphy |
A new report on homelessness in New York calls for some shelter residents to be housed for a year to 18 months, so they can get the time and resources needed to become self-sufficient.
Brooklyn
Winter Raises Stakes for Homeless in Greenpoint
Jay Honstetter |
Community opposition hasn’t stopped plans for a large shelter in the waterfront neighborhood, where five homeless people have been found dead in the past 15 months.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Read It: Court Backs City Cut of Homeless Program
Jarrett Murphy |
A state judge ruled that New York can end a rent-subsidy program for formerly homeless people that lost its state and federal funding.
