Newsfeed Category: Network Events

The Network Brings Richard Gere and Oren Moverman to Supportive Housing

Sep.18.2015

Photo on left: Casimiro Torres, Sherry Goldstein, Richard Gere, & Joanne Page; and, on the right: Georgiette Morgan-Thomas, Cynthia Stuart, Laura Mascuch, Joe Hallmark, Edline Jacquet, Oren Moverman, Richard Gere.

On August 17th, the Network brought actor and homelessness advocate Richard Gere and director and screenwriter Oren Moverman to visit supportive housing residences in Manhattan. On the eve of releasing their hard-hitting and beautiful movie about homelessness, Time Out of Mind, the actor and director were eager to hear more detail about how supportive housing offers a bridge to a new life for chronically homeless individuals.

Network Hosts Largest Ever Supportive Housing Conference

Jun.17.2015

The Network’s Executive Director Laura Mascuch welcomes the crowd at the 15th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference on June 4, 2015.

The 15th Annual Supportive Housing Conference kicked off the largest gathering of the supportive housing community ever with a deeply inspiring keynote address from StoryCorps’ Founder and President Dave Isay. Echoing StoryCorps’ mission and supportive housing’s moral core, Mr. Isay reminded participants that every individual matters. He also said that of the hundreds of keynotes he delivers, this one had meant the most to him personally.  The morning also featured remarks from retired Brigadier General Dr. Loree Sutton, Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs, and a rousing welcome from Executive Director Laura Mascuch. At the outset of the day, Network’s Chair William Traylor shared his own story about his personal history and connection to the world of supportive housing. 

Join us today at the Marriott for the 15th annual supportive housing conference!

Jun.02.2015

You can download and print out the registration form here. 

Look forward to seeing you today Thursday, June 4th at the Marriott Marquis!

2015 Annual Meeting

Mar.31.2015

The Network’s Executive Director Laura Mascuch addressing members at the 2015 annual meeting.

One hundred and fifteen members of our community gathered for the Network’s annual meeting March 12th, to review the past year, meet our new Executive Director, hear from supportive housing’s new champion, Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi and, as always network. In addition to a looped slideshow of the 22 beautiful supportive housing residences opened by our members in 2014, there was a continuous slideshow of photos from events throughout 2014.

Supportive Housing Providers Honored by the NY State Assembly

Mar.09.2015

Reverend Georgiette Morgan-Thomas of Goddard Riverside Community Center and Assembly Member Keith Wright.

The New York State Assembly honored outstanding supportive housing providers from around the state on March 3, 2015 as part of our second lobby day of the year, another joint effort with Homeless Services United.

Reverend Georgiette Morgan-Thomas of Goddard Riverside Community Center said, “it was an honor to represent those who cannot represent themselves yesterday; having witnessed the benefits of NY/NY I, II and III, I understand the necessity of NY/NY4, as well as the need to increase funding for services to our homeless population, and feel passionate about helping our legislators understand the need.  Being acknowledged and introduced to the entire Assembly for the work that I have done in housing was empowering and encouraging.” ​

The Network Lobbies in Albany

Feb.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!

Emergency Preparedness Initiative—Focus on Evacuation Planning

Dec.02.2014

When superstorm Sandy hit New York City in 2012 many of our supportive housing community’s organizations, residences and tenants were deeply affected. In the summer of 2013, a group of Network members convened to discuss the community’s preparedness needs.  
 

Network Unveils Emergency Plan Templates

Nov.05.2014

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the Network last year embarked on a year-long initiative to help the supportive housing community prepare for a range of disasters. Funded by the New York City Housing and Neighborhood Recovery Donor’s Collaborative, the Network engaged EAD Associates, (EAD) a consultancy firm that focuses on integrating people with special needs into all aspects of emergency management. The Network’s emergency prep initiative aimed to create two types of emergency plan templates: an Organization Emergency Plan Template - for managing emergencies at the organization leadership level and a Congregate Residence Emergency Plan Template – which can help organizations create emergency plans for single site supportive housing residences.

These templates were unveiled November 12th – through an in-person meeting, through webinars and are now available to download from the Members Page on the Network website.

The Network’s Eleventh Annual Awards Gala Was a Spectacular Success!

Oct.31.2014

Nicole Branca addresses the crowd.

New York's supportive housing community came together on October 15th for the Network's eleventh annual Awards Gala. Nearly 600 guests joined us at Capitale, the spectacular Stanford White-designed Beaux Arts national landmark, on a blustery Wednesday evening to celebrate both the outstanding individuals of supportive housing and the community as a whole.

Despite a downpour just as the event got underway, the mood was festive during the 90 minute cocktail hour as friends and colleagues revived old friendships and forged new partnerships.

The night’s festivities continued with our awards ceremony. This year, we honored six remarkable people and one outstanding and innovative residence. Network Board Chair and Richman Housing Resources President Bill Traylor welcomed the crowd ”and issued a rousing call-to-arms, “we will create a muscular and very BIG successor for NY/NY! We will make sure that Medicaid redesign brings more resources to supportive housing tenants and not less! We will implement the spirit of Olmstead and we will not permit stifling percentages to rule over the needs of our tenants!” Then, Interim Executive Director Nicole Branca spoke about what a pleasure it had been to lead the Network during this transition period and thanked the Network staff, the Board and the community for all their support.

Network Hosts Largest Ever Supportive Housing Conference

Jun.12.2014

The news-making morning plenary at the 14th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference on June 5, 2014.

Major government announcements, packed workshops and a cocktail reception featuring prominent elected officials were among the many highlights of the 14th Annual New York State Supportive Housing Conference.

Held last Thursday in New York City, the event attracted nearly 1,600 registered friends and members of the Supportive Housing Network of New York. We’re proud to confirm that our conference was indeed the largest supportive housing event ever convened. Our full-day conference included a news-making roundtable dialogue with three of Gov. Cuomo’s closest policy advisors, special remarks from NYC Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, 23 workshops, a cocktail reception and much more. You’ll find a full overview of our day below. Follow this link or scroll down for our photo gallery from the day. To the 1,600 registered attendees: We thank you so much for helping to make this day so memorable!

The day began with introductory remarks from the Network’s senior personnel, Executive Director Ted Houghton and Board Chair Bill Traylor. NYC Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen then took the stage to discuss Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recently-released plan to develop or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next 10 years.

The morning session ended with a barnburner: a roundtable dialogue that confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s commitment to a new City-State agreement to develop supportive housing across the state. The Governor would, for the first time, expand the agreement statewide, which is welcome news to our members outside NYC. We were honored to be the venue for the first public announcement of the Governor's plans. Fran Reiter, New York State’s Executive Deputy Director of State Operations, revealed to the standing-room-only ballroom that Gov. Cuomo has signed off on the idea of using a portion of funds from the settlement with JP Morgan Chase to finance a follow-up to the current, highly successful City-State partnership. Ms. Reiter made this announcement alongside NYS Deputy Secretaries Louisa Chafee and Courtney Burke.

“Yesterday, I got the approval to tell all of you today that the governor has signed off on the plan and will fight for this plan and will fight for a New York/New York IV,” Ms. Reiter said to thunderous applause.