UWS Residents Oppose New Homeless Shelter
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Residents on the Upper West Side were protesting another planned homeless shelter in their neighborhood. The concerned voiced their concerns at a community board meeting Tuesday...
View ArticleHomeless Shelter Fight Brewing In Lower Manhattan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Controversy over a new homeless shelter has neighbors choosing sides in Chelsea. As CBS 2’s Don Dahler reports, the fight isn’t about where the shelter is being built, but...
View ArticleNYC To Pay June Rent For Thousands Of Formerly Homeless
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York City said that it will obey a court decision and pay the June rent for more than 13,000 families who moved out of homeless shelters. An appeals court ruled Thursday...
View ArticleChristine Quinn Furious Over City’s Proposed 12-Story Homeless Shelter
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — There’s a battle brewing over the proposal of a big homeless shelter in Manhattan. LISTEN: WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reportshttp://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/shelter.mp3...
View ArticleLong Island Charity Plans Open House To Recruit Volunteers On Sunday
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The Interfaith Nutrition Network will hold a “friend-raiser” Sunday to encourage people to volunteer at a homeless shelter. The INN in Hempstead will opening the doors to...
View ArticleCity Council Challenging NYC Homeless Shelter Policy
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The New York City Council has authorized a lawsuit to prevent a homeless shelter policy from taking effect. LISTEN: WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reports...
View ArticleStringer, Others Call On DHS To Suspend Moving Homeless Families Into UWS...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and others have come out against the City Department of Homeless Services and its plan to open a large-scale homeless shelter in a...
View ArticleNew York City Battles Rise In Homelessness
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is grappling with a rapid rise in homelessness. City officials have had to open nine new shelters in two months as the number of homeless seeking a place to stay jumped 18...
View ArticleGreenpoint Residents Upset After Group Of Sex Offenders Move Into Nearby...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Many Greenpoint residents are upset after a group of sex offenders listed a nearby homeless shelter as their residence. Six sex offenders are now living at the 200-bed homeless...
View ArticleBloomberg Hits City Comptroller With Lawsuit Over Rejected Homeless Shelter...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has filed a lawsuit against the city comptroller for rejecting two contracts for homeless shelters. City Comptroller John Liu this month...
View ArticleL.I. Parents Mixed On 10 More Homeless Students Joining District
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Some parents on Long Island are upset about homeless children attending school in their district. As WCBS 880’s Sophia Hall reported Friday, some of the parents said...
View ArticleQueens Residents Worried Proposed Homeless Shelter Could Bring Sex Offenders...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents of Queens are outraged over plans for a new homeless shelter, where they are concerned that sex offenders may end up residing. As CBS 2’s Weijia Jiang reported, the...
View ArticleSome Carroll Gardens Residents Fight Proposed Homeless Shelter
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some residents in Brooklyn are crying “NIMBY” (Not in My Backyard) over a proposed homeless shelter in their neighborhood. The city wants to convert a 10-unit condo on West...
View ArticleFire Sweeps Through Women And Children’s Homeless Shelter In Flatiron District
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Hundreds of women and children were forced from their homes Tuesday, after a fire tore through an apartment building on East 28th Street. As CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown reported, half...
View ArticleNYPD: Man Claiming To Be Cab Driver Tries To Sexually Assault Woman In Front...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police on Wednesday said a Queens woman was nearly raped right in front of her own children, after she hailed what she thought was a livery cab in Upper Manhattan. As CBS 2’s...
View ArticleWoman Charged In 4-Year-Old Girl’s Death At Queens Homeless Shelter
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A woman has been charged with murder, following the death of a 4-year-old girl at a city-run homeless shelter. Latoya Curry, 35, of Queens, was charged with second-degree murder...
View ArticleMother Of Child Found Dead In Queens Homeless Shelter Charged With Murder
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The mother of a 4-year-old girl found dead in a Queens homeless shelter this week is now under arrest. Linayjah Meraldo was found unconscious and unresponsive at the Briarwood...
View ArticleNY Lawmakers Propose Bill Banning Sex Offenders From Family Shelters
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Dozens of families now call the former Capri Whitestone Motel home, two months after it was turned into a 95-room homeless shelter. “Many children live here but it’s also home...
View ArticleNY Lawmaker Calls On Legislature To Restore Money Cut From Homeless Shelters
NEW YORK (AP) — Citing thousands of young runaways turned away from New York shelters whose funding has been slashed, a state lawmaker is calling on the Legislature to restore the money. Sen. Brad...
View ArticleSuspect Charged In Slaying Of Bronx Homeless Shelter Employee
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect was arrested and charged Tuesday with the murder of a homeless shelter employee in the Bronx. The employee, Ana Isabel Charle, 36, was found shot at 5:48 p.m. Monday...
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