NYC homelessness spending skyrockets 262% to $368M since 2019, yet street homeless population grows 26%, raising serious questions about program effectiveness.

New York City quietly flipped a major switch in its shelter system on Tuesday, opening a new intake center for single women experiencing homelessness in East New York, Brooklyn. The five-floor facility at 114 Snediker Avenue clocks in at roughly 60,

New York City officials are shutting down the old entry point for homeless women entering the shelter system and opening a new, state-of-the-art site in East New York. The 60,000 square foot intake center at 114 Snediker Ave.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city will resume clearing makeshift homeless encampments, promising to take a more humane approach to a practice he previously criticized. Mamdani paused the previous mayor’s policy for ...

Shelter-provided food is often notoriously bad, advocates and homeless New Yorkers say, and poses particular challenges to families with kids and people with dietary restrictions.

The arrests were part of an investigation that is also examining the conduct of a city councilwoman, her sister and the Brooklyn Democratic leader’s husband.

The abomination that is urban “homelessness” policy rests on the reinforcement of certain unspoken fictions. A recent article on New York’s latest “homeless” outreach program demonstrates how that process works. Before recycling the usual ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) recently told a forum in Albany, “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in our state,” adding that for wealthy New Yorkers still in the state,