Showing Posts by Date: 02/2015
02.17.2015
Front row from left to right: The Network’s Edline Jacquet, Jeff Nemetsky –Brooklyn Housing & Community Services Inc., Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Samelys Lopez & Eric Herman –Common Ground. Back row from left to right: Kate Milkens – Lantern Community Services, Evelyn Rodriguez – BronxWorks, Janet Miller – CAMBA, Elizabeth Hoffman- Citizens’ Committee for Children of NY
The Network, along with HSU, brought a 75-person strong force to Albany on February 3rd to lobby for an expanded statewide NY/NY 4 agreement and budget increases for critical supportive housing and homelessness prevention programs. Here is a slideshow from the day -- feel free to share!
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The Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing (the “Campaign”) wrote Governor Cuomo a letter on February 3, 2015 acknowledging the tragedy of record homelessness in New York City and requesting a much more substantial commitment to addressing this dire need. The 5,000 units of supportive housing statewide announced by the Governor in his Executive Budget are a positive seed to this effort, but we need much more.
The Network is one of nearly 200 organizations signing on to this critical effort.
The letter outlined the desperate need for a much greater commitment to supportive housing in addition to these 5,000 units. The Network supports the Campaign's ask of 30,000 units in NYC, and requests an additional 5,000 units upstate.
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Cutting the ribbon at 845 Commons residence in Schenectady
The Capital Region YMCA held a grand opening of the largest single site supportive housing residence west of the Hudson January 16th: 845 Commons in Schenectady. This impressive project provides housing for 155 formerly homeless men, with a preference for both veterans and Schenectady County natives (all current tenants are from Schenectady County) as well as 25 apartments for individuals coping with a mental illness.
Continue Reading … | New York State, Openings02.06.2015
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced new appointments to his administration on January 11, 2015, stating "this team will build on the extraordinary progress made over the last four years by bringing experience, energy and fresh perspectives to the table."