City Housing Conditions Pose Safety, Social Distancing Challenges During Pandemic
April 16, 2020By Jessica Easthope For people living in dense urban areas social distancing has been difficult, but for those who live in New […]
Topic: Housing
How a Priest and an Assemblyman are Fighting for Tenant’s Rights
April 13, 2020By Jessica Easthope Two-thirds of people living in the city rent their homes, and right now, many are worried about how they’re […]
How These New York Nuns Are Helping the Homeless
February 13, 2020By Christine Persichette Joyce Clark was just 23-years-old —a single mom of two —when she found herself homeless. “It was very overwhelming. […]
A Palace for the Poor
February 4, 2020Currents News Staff A Vatican palace is now a homeless shelter on the orders of Pope Francis. The Palazzo Migliori, a spectacular […]
Currents News for Thursday, June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019On the newscast: Hundreds of Catholic senior citizens are telling Mayor Bill De Blasio to keep his housing promises or they want […]
In Affordable Housing Battle, Seniors Call For Mayor’s Eviction
June 13, 2019By Tamara Laine Hundreds of senior citizens from across New York City gathered at Gracie Mansion on June 12 to demand that […]
Currents News for Tuesday, June 4, 2019
June 4, 2019On the newscast: Arrests in Albany today as Catholic housing advocates fight for reform. New York’s rent laws are about to expire. […]
New Yorkers Take to Albany in Fight for Tenant Rights
June 4, 2019By Tamara Laine Hundreds of social justice crusaders stormed the capital in an act of civil disobedience to fight for tenant rights. […]
Catholic Charities Hosts Earth Day Celebration
April 19, 2018The future of the environment will eventually be in the hands of the next generation. Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens is […]
Priest and Parishioner Demand More Senior Housing
March 26, 2018Father Ed Mason, a longtime housing advocate and pastor of Our Lady of the Presentation Parish in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He visits his […]