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The Numbers STILL Don't Match
Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 20:52.
THE NUMBERS STILL DON'T MATCH!!!
Now that City Councilman Bill de Blasio" office has released its Independent Budget Office IBO report indicating what we've known all along one would hope that this administration would see its errors. But that is highly unlikely without tremendous public pressure.
"I can't see myself in a shelter again:" HSP's Revolving Door
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 22:54.Aida Lugo spent a year and a half in and out of domestic violence shelters before she was offered Housing Stability Plus (HSP), the city’s rental subsidy program developed in 2004 due to a shortage of Section 8 vouchers.
SHADOW CONVENTION PLATFORM: Jobs & Housing
Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 20:06.Shadow Convention Platform:
"They should have told people what they were getting us into:" Story of an HSP Recipient
Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 22:15.The story of a 33-year-old woman with a 6-year-old son trapped in the HSP system.
Pay Your Fare With This, Homeless People!
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 15:19.The New York City Department of Homeless Services is fond of saying that they give money to the shelters to provide Metrocards for homeless people to get to important appointments. But far too often, when a homeless person needs a Metrocard (because they have been placed in a shelter far away from their doctor and job and childrens' school and family and friends), they have to submit to a humiliating and arbitrary process. Which one formerly homeless person described as follows:
Excellent article in City Limits about our trial of Mayor Bloomberg
Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 18:09."PROGRESS ON HOMELESS GOAL SEES 'TRIAL' AND ERROR
Four years into Mayor Bloomberg's five-year plan to reduce homelessness, critics say the city is on track for failure.
By Jarrett Murphy
Video Clips from Mayor Bloomberg's Trial!
Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 19:17.Last week's trial of Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the hands of the HOMELESS PEOPLE'S COURT was a phenomenal success. We've posted video clips of all testimonials, as well as the verdict and the sentence, to YouTube. Check it out!
MAYOR BLOOMBERG FOUND GUILTY IN THE HOMELESS PEOPLE'S COURT!
Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 21:31.
FAILURES OF MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S FIVE YEAR PLAN!!
Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/11/2008 - 22:07.When Mayor Bloomberg released his Five Year Plan, he included detailed graphs to chart the projected decrease in the population of homeless families and singles. Picture the Homeless has compared his projections with the actual changes in the homeless population over the past four years. DRASTIC ACTION IS NEEDED!
Black lines indicate the decreases projected in Mayor Bloomberg’s Five Year Plan. Red lines indicate the actual changes in the first four years of the Five Year Plan.
