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June 13, 2002

A Plan to End City Homelessness in 10 Years

New York Times | June 13, 2002

By Nina Bernstein

In a 10-year plan to end homelessness in New York City, a statewide coalition of 150 nonprofit housing and social service agencies is calling for the addition of 16,000…

Posted in Policy, Press
April 1, 2002

Making Change: Good Neighbor Policies

City Limits | April 2002

By Larry Schwartztol

The first step in the Fifth Avenue Committee’s reconstruction of 572 Pacific Street took place everywhere on the block except 572 Pacific Street. Before turning the vacant city-owned building into 10…

Posted in Policy, Press
December 19, 1993

Shelters Lead Nowhere

New York Times | December 19, 1993

By Dennis P. Culhane

Philadelphia – People are fed up with the homeless, particularly aggressive panhandlers. Even traditionally tolerant cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have passed laws effectively prohibiting people from being…

Posted in Policy, Press
December 1, 1993

Fort Washington Armory

City Limits | December, 1993

The image of more than a thousand homeless men sleeping on cots in the bleak, cavernous space of the Fort Washington Armory became a national symbol of the cruel treatment of homeless people during the…

Posted in Policy, Press
November 12, 1991

Saving the City
Shelters Aren’t A Permanent Solution

New York Newsday | November 12, 1991

By Ellen Baxter

Mayor Dinkins’ new proposal to scatter 35 specialized shelters throughout the city for $250 million is bad news for everyone. The furious opposition of elected officials and neighbors of the proposed…

Posted in Housing, Policy, Press
January 20, 1991

Housing and Empowerment

Health/PAC Bulletin | Winter 1991

By Ellen Baxter

I am one of a group of people in Upper Manhattan who take over abandoned buildings and convert them into affordable housing for homeless and low-income men and women. To someone who has…

Posted in Housing, Policy