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• New York Has More Vacant Buildings and Lots Than It Has Homeless People - Village Voice, January 27, 2012

• Homeless People & Professors Collaborate - Global Movements, Urban Struggles/WBAI Radio, January 26, 2012

• Thousands of vacant buildings across city could house homeless, new report based on volunteer count claims - New York Daily News, January 26, 2012

• Homeless Fix Can Be Found in Vacant Buildings, Lots: Report - NPR, January 26, 2012

• Report: "Why Not House the Homeless in Vacant Buildings?" - Gothamist, January 26, 2012

• NYC Homeless Crisis: Rehab Abandoned Buildings to House Them, Says Report - International Business Times, January 26, 2012

• Empty Future: Why Vacant Buildings in Bed-Stuy Stay Unoccupied - Brooklyn Link, January 11, 2012

2011

• Chosen Images - The Jewish Daily Forward, December 22, 2011

• Community Groups Work with OWS -The Nation, December 9, 2011

• Hundreds Occupy East New York For OWS Foreclosure Tour - Gothamist, December 7, 2011

• Occupy Our Homes - Truthout, December 7, 2011

• Occupy Wall Street Re-Occupies Foreclosed Home in East New York: A Report From the Scene - Village Voice, December 7, 2011

• Bringing the Occupation Home in New York City - MetroFocus, December 7, 2011

• The Next Frontier for Occupy: Protesters Take Over Vacant Homes, Rally to Protect Those Facing Eviction and Foreclosure - Alternet, December 6, 2011

• Jackman details plan to reclaim vacant spaces across City - The Occupier, Dec./Jan. 2011

• NYC 3: Training Day - Spinning Plates, November 16, 2011

• Making Safer Spaces: Occupy Wall Street Addresses Questions of Security at Zuccotti Park - Truthout, November 6, 2011

• Hart Island Cemetery: City Council Reviews Operations Of New York's Potter's Field - Huffington Post, October 31, 2011

• Barron Decries Housing Subsidy Axe - Black Star News, September 16, 2011

• Supreme Court Ruling to End Subsidized Housing Program -The Epoch Times, September 16, 2011

• Advocates Speak Out Against End of NYC Rent Subsidy Program ‎ - WFUV News, September 15, 2011

• Panhandler on Fifth Avenue Wins Respite From Arrests - The New York Times, August 29, 2011

• Eviction Blockade for Longtime Bed-Stuy Resident Keeps City Marshals at Bay - Bed-Stuy Patch, August 19, 2011

• Protest speaks for 50 million people: 'Don't cut food stamps!' - Workers World, August 14, 2011

• Protest flails 'dictatorship of bankers' - Workers World, August 14, 2011

• Sí hay sitio para tanta gente - El Diario-La Prensa, 31 de Julio 2011 (PDF)

• Homeless Advocates Protest Treatment by Police - DNA Info, July 26, 2011

• Homeless advocates rally at Penn Station for city to back off sleeping in public places - New York Daily News, July 26, 2011

• Don't Wake Us Up, Say Homeless - The Epoch Times, July 25, 2011

• New houses on Jerome Street left to rot, and other mysteries of East New York - Capital New York, July 14, 2011

• Homeless Advocacy Group Searches For Suitable Shelters - NY 1 News, July 12, 2011

• Protesters Reject NYC budget deal, Call City Hall protest - Worker's World, June 28, 2011 (PDF)

• Picture the Homeless and Hunter College to identify vacant properties - New York Amsterdam News, June 23, 2011 (PDF)

• 'Bloombergville' brings world attention to massive cuts, layoffs - Workers World, June 22, 2011 (PDF)

• In 'Bloombergville,' Budget Protesters Sleep In - The New York Times, June 15, 2011 (PDF)

• New Yorkers Erect "Bloombergville" Tent Camp Against Budget Cuts - Democracy Now! June 15, 2011 (PDF)

• Brooklyn Vacancy Count Report - WBAI Evening News, June 14, 2011

• Scouting poor-people locations for Mayor Bloomberg, not that he asked - Capital New York, June 10, 2011

• Bronx activists: 'Defeat Bloomberg cutbacks!' - Workers World , June 10, 2011

• Bronx Homeless Advocates Hope to Reveal Extent of Vacant Property in the City - Bronx News Network, June 7, 2011

• Give Us Shelters: Bronx advocacy group joins Hunter College to seek vacant property to ease homeless crunch - New York Daily News, June 2, 2011 (PDF)

• Homeless Advocates Take Inventory Of Vacant City Properties - NY 1 News, June 2, 2011 (PDF)

• Picture the Homeless and Hunter College Launch Bronx Vacant Property Count - BoogieDowner, June 2, 2011 (PDF)

• Picture the Homeless, Hunter College count vacant Manhattan properties - Amsterdam News, May 26, 2011

• Homeless Advocacy Group To Count Manhattan's Vacant Properties - DNAinfo, May 19, 2011 (PDF)

• Picture the Homeless challenges perceptions of marginalized - Voices That Must Be Heard, May 6, 2011

• Alternative Spring Break: Met Council and Picture the Homeless - Dyson College, March 18, 2011

2010

• No Vacancy: Why Empty Condos Aren't Becoming Affordable Housing - City Limits Magazine, December 28, 2010

• How Homelessness Became A Crime - National Radio Project, December 7, 2010

• Building census to aid homeless wrong tack, says Quinn - New York Daily News, September 30, 2010

• Bronx Death Stirs Fears of Homeless Attacks - City Limits, September 15, 2010

• Protest against NYPD arrests of the homeless - El Diario/La Prensa (translation), July 2010

• Critican a Policía por arrestos de desamparados - El Diario/La Prensa, July 2010

• We are not criminals, homeless New Yorkers tell cops in protest outside NYPD headquarters - New York Daily News, June 15, 2010 (PDF)

• A Summons for the Commissioner - The New York Times, June 15, 2010

• You don't know squatting: A movement returns - Salon, May 12, 2010

• Homeless, Nameless, and Honored - City Limits, March 25, 2010
  

2009

• Housing is a Human Right Project Highlights Picture the Homeless’ Campaign Targeting Chase - The Indypendent, December 8. 2009

• Chasing JPMorgan: Picture the Homeless Takes Aim at Chase Bank - The Indypendent, December 3. 2009

• Amid Homeless Surge, Are Solutions In Sight? - City Limits, November 23, 2009

• Counting Vacant Property - Gotham Gazette, October 14th, 2009

• Homeless in Hungary - The Indypendent, September 9, 2009 (PDF)

• Cities Tolerate Homeless Camps - Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2009

• Homeless "Tent City" in Harlem Ends in Arrests - Inter Press Service, August 2, 2009

• New York City Makes the Homeless Disappear - Colorlines, July 31, 2009

• Advocates make a temporary 'home' to make a point - The Villager, July 29, 2009

• 10 NYC Homeless Activists Arrested at Encampment - Democracy Now, July 27, 2009

• Pols Stand With "Tent City Ten" - Gotham Gazette, July 24th, 2009

• Harlem Tent City Protest - New York Daily News, July 24, 2009 (PDF)

• Cops Stop Occupation of JPMorgan Chase's Vacant Lot, Arrest 9 or More - The Village Voice, July 23, 2009

• Homeless Advocates Arrested - Gotham Gazette, July 23rd, 2009

• Housing advocates set up a tent city in Harlem - Free Speech Radio News, July 23, 2009

• Homeless Activists Occupy Empty Lot In East Harlem - Gothamist, July 23, 2009

• Homeless Activists Take Over JPMorgan's Vacant Lot in E. Harlem - The Village Voice, July 23, 2009

• Ten Things You Need to Know to Live on the Streets - The Nation, July 15, 2009

• Activists Arrested After Occupying East Harlem Lot - The New York Times, July 23, 2009

• Unlocking the Apartment 'Warehouse' - Gotham Gazette, July 2009

• Advocates for Homeless Say Rent Subsidies Insufficient - WNYC Radio, July 15, 2009

• Harlem tent city sprouts up in effort to get more affordable housing - New York Daily News, June 24, 2009

• YUEI: Doubling Up - The Brian Lehrer Show, June 23, 2009

• Squatting, Then and Now - The Brian Lehrer Show, May 27, 2009

• Decrying Homeless Policies, New York Housing Activists Occupy Vacant Building - Democracy Now, March 20, 2009

• East Harlem Residents, Housing Advocates Rally Outside Vacant Building - The Indypendent, March 19, 2009 (PDF)

• Searching the Subways for the Mayor - The New York Beacon, Feb 27, 2009

2008

• Vacancy Reversal: Legislation Seeks to Ban Warehousing - The Indypendent, April 25, 2008 (PDF)

2007

• Solidarity with the Poor - Response, February 2007

2006

• Best reason to remember the indigent dead - Village Voice, 2006

• A Chance to Be Mourned - The New York Times, November 12, 2006

• Faith Leaders Get a True Picture of the Homeless - Caribbean Life, October 31, 2006

• Picture the Homeless Members Address Alumni at Union Theological Seminary - Greenwhich Village Gazette October 23, 2006

• Picture the Homeless Honors Fallen Brothers and Sisters - Greenwich Village Gazette, March 17, 2006

• To Give or Not to Give, This is NOT the Question - Poverty Initiative, January/February 2006

2005

• Giving Numbers a Name - Newsday, August 14, 2005

• Canners Seek Redemption - Indy Media, April 22, 2005

• Canners' Crusade - City Limits, April 18, 2005

2004

• Hart Island 'Memory Card' for Louis Haggins Jr. - Nov 29, 2004

• On the Street, on the Screen: Making the Homeless Real - The New York Times, October 3, 2004 (PDF)

2003

• City Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over Homeless, Lawyers Say - The New York Times, April 1, 2003

2002

• Longest Night of the Year Marked By Picture the Homeless - Greenwich Village Gazette, December 27, 2002

• Cops Rip Mike on Homeless - New York Post, November 14, 2002

• Anthony Williams: "Homeless People Are Worth Big Money" - Gotham Gazette, January 11, 2002