Young Professionals To Spend a Homeless Night
March 17, 2016Covenant House Sleep-Outs have become a movement, raising awareness and funds to support homeless youth. Tomorrow night, 250 young professionals in Manhattan […]
Topic: Housing
Civil Disobedience Threat Brings Negotiations
March 9, 2016A coalition of tenant groups and unions postpones planned civil disobedience opposing Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan, after the administration’s last-minute […]
Bushwick Tenants Terrorized by Landlord
February 24, 2016In a rent-stabilized building in Bushwick, lifelong tenants say they’ve been under a criminal campaign of harassment from a landlord who went […]
Why Bay Ridge Voted Against Affordable Housing Plan
February 19, 2016Konrad Aderer touches down in Bay Ridge to find out why they voted against Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan. Community Board […]
Shelter Residents Speak Out
February 2, 2016Hoping to clean up New York City’s shelter system, Mayor Bill de Blasio just released a “shelter scorecard” that catalogues safety violations. Residents of […]
Catholic Charities Residence a “Model” for Mayor’s Plan
January 12, 2016New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio chose Catholic Charities Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Residence as the place to make his announcement […]
Williamsburg Mission Tries to Create a Family
January 5, 2016New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order that mandates homeless people to be brought into shelters during extremely cold […]
Housing Plan “A Step in the Right Direction”
November 18, 2015New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan to add 15 thousand new units of supportive housing in the […]
Helping Homeless is a “Catholic Responsibility”
November 10, 2015Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visits the homeless shelter at St. Andrew Avellino Church in Flushing, which is doing its part to provide […]
“Bishop Joe” Residence Houses Vets
November 10, 2015Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens rededicated a residence to late Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan. And, as Currents correspondent Tim Harfmann reports, the […]