A crisis looms in the pandemic’s wake: Evictions that threaten to overwhelm schools, homeless shelters and food pantries. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Homeless Persons”
Housing Fights to Be Heard in the Mayoral Race
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2020
A coalition of housing groups releases a blueprint that includes rezoning affluent neighborhoods, legalizing basement apartments and turning hotels into affordable housing. Source: New York Times
Without Crowds, Is Times Square Really Times Square? Take a Look
By Gotham Rex on December 1, 2020
The throngs of visitors have disappeared from New York City’s famous neighborhood, and there is an eeriness to the emptiness. Source: New York Times
Homeless Men Must Leave The Lucerne Hotel, Judge Rules
By Gotham Rex on November 25, 2020
The dispute has been a flash point in one of New York City’s most liberal neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
At New York’s Nadir, Dinkins Gave the City the ‘Freedom to Imagine’
By Gotham Rex on November 25, 2020
An assessment of the former mayor, who died on Monday, reveals how he nourished innovation and laid founding stones for a modern city. Source: New York Times
Homeless Men Moved Into a Tourist Hotel. What Followed Was Unexpected.
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2020
The hotel-turned-shelter became a flash point on the Upper West Side, but helped the men find a sense of belonging. Now they might be moved. Source: New York Times
These Families Feel Forgotten as N.Y.C. Pushes to Open Schools
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2020
Months of remote learning have taken a harsh toll on New York City’s roughly 114,000 homeless students and their families. Source: New York Times
The Ugly Side of New York’s Outdoor Dining Renaissance
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2020
When sidewalk cafes collide with the city’s inadequate response to homelessness. Source: New York Times
After Backlash, Homeless Men Will Move Out of the Upper West Side
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2020
Some residents complained that the new neighbors were diminishing the quality of life in the area. Others felt that characterization was unfair. Source: New York Times
N.Y. Will Move Homeless Men from Liberal Neighborhood After Backlash
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2020
The move of 300 men to the upscale Upper West Side neighborhood led to complaints and the threat of a lawsuit. Source: New York Times
He Is 16 and His Mother Died of Covid-19. What Happens To Him Now?
By Gotham Rex on August 13, 2020
Children who lost their parents in the pandemic are fighting to hold on to what is left of their families. Source: New York Times
Occupy City Hall’s New Life as Homeless Camp: ‘Not Pretty All the Time’
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2020
Organizers said they were helping vulnerable people. But nearby residents said the camp had turned into an unruly — and at times violent — shantytown. Source: New York Times
Margaret Morton, Photographer at Home With the Homeless, Dies at 71
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2020
For nearly two decades, she chronicled communities on the edge of society in elegant photographs that drew comparisons to the work of Jacob Riis. Source: New York Times