Streetsblog New York City
SCOUT’s Honor: Hochul To Expand MTA Program Pairing Nurses and Cops to Combat Mental Illness in Subways
Gov. Hochul's pitch to state lawmakers follows a nine month-long investigation by Streetsblog into how New York's social ...
The New York Times
How the N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Plan to Tackle Homelessness
The candidates’ views on addressing homelessness in New York City differ vastly, with calls to expand mental health services, overhaul the shelter system and change policing. By Anna Kodé More than ...
Spectrum News NY1
The mayoral candidates' plans to solve city's mental health crisis
Kevin Atlanta was homeless until this summer. NY1 met him at a shelter in Queens — a facility run by the nonprofit group Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) similar to where he had stayed — a place that ...
NPR
Trump's push to institutionalize homeless Americans offers quick fix and sparks fear
President Trump wants far more homeless people forced into mandatory "long-term addiction" for mental health treatment. Critics say forcing Americans off the streets into institutions would be risky ...
City Limits
Mayoral Hopefuls Debate a Rent Freeze, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing
The three candidates running for New York City mayor faced off in their first general election debate Thursday night. Here’s what they said about rents for stabilized tenants, building affordable ...