Photos from today’s #FreeToPee press conference are below; VIDEO is available here. For interviews with participants, contact Sam – 646-314-6423/...
Archive for category: Civil Rights
Confronting the Mayor on the Radio
Last week, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he’d be releasing a new plan to deal with homelessness. But when...
NYC Mayor to Release Homelessness Plan Created Without Homeless Input – HOMELESS PEOPLE RESPOND!
Last week Mayor de Blasio announced that he would be releasing a new plan to fight homelessness, the third such...
VICTORY for Homeless Men Whose Belongings Were Seized & Destroyed By NYPD
Last week, together with our legal allies at the New York Civil Liberties Union, we announced a settlement on behalf...
2016: The Year in Struggle
Homeless people won some incredible victories in 2016. By coming together and fighting collectively, the members of Picture the Homeless...
HATE KILLS: Join us 12/21 for our Homeless Memorial Service
On December 21st, the longest night of the year, Picture the Homeless holds a memorial service for all the homeless...
Anti-Homeless Hate Crime in Harlem
From Jorge, a member of Picture the Homeless: In my time on the streets, I have noticed and witnessed countless...
Hoodstock! Solidarity Between Incarcerated and Homeless New Yorkers
In 2016, the Dept of Corrections outlawed hoodies in all NYS prisons. Every incarcerated person in the system was required...
“Homeless People aren’t ‘Service-Resistant.’ Homeless Services are People-Resistant.”
‘Country’ has been living on the street for more than three years. He’s one of many street homeless members of...
Violating Homeless People’s Right to Assemble: Briefing the UN Special Rapporteur
Picture the Homeless was excited to be part of a delegation that met on Tuesday with the United Nations Special...
Fighting Illegal “Move-Along” Orders
The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint today on behalf of Picture the Homeless, urging the New York...
Overhauling DHS: the Good, the Bad, and the Missing
On April 11th, Mayor de Blasio unveiled the results of HRA Commissioner Steve Banks’ 90-day review of the shelter system,...
Here’s why putting cops in homeless shelters is a terrible idea.
This month, City Hall announced that “the New York City Police Department will immediately begin re-training all Department of Homeless...
Homeless New Yorkers need criminal justice reform.
Homeless people are constantly subject to unnecessary arrests by police officers, for low-level violations that they could simply receive a...
Calling for an Official Investigation into NYPD’s Policing of Homeless New Yorkers
Today, along with our allies in Communities United for Police Reform – and over 50 local advocacy/community organizations and national...
Homeless reactions: Cuomo orders involuntary shelter stays
Sunday night, New York State Governor Cuomo signed an executive order: “…to protect homeless individuals from inclement winter weather where...
PRESS ROUNDUP: Homeless New Yorkers Announce Plan to Sue City Over NYPD Property Destruction
Following months of aggressive, inhumane police action targeting homeless people under Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bratton, including constant...
TODAY: Homeless New Yorkers & Advocates to Announce Plan for Legal Action against City, NYPD for Unlawful Conduct
Action will be first phase of new opposition to de Blasio, Bratton policy that criminalizes and evicts homeless from public...
PRESS ROUND-UP: Homeless People Respond to New de Blasio Homelessness Initiatives
On December 17th, New York City Mayor de Blasio announced a series of new strategies and policies to deal with...
Homeless people are taking legal action against the NYPD. We need you.
This holiday season, homeless people living on the street will take a crucial first step in pursuing legal action against...
BREAKING: Homeless People Confront NYPD Commissioner Bratton!
After months of ordering police officers to brutalize and harass homeless people on 125th Street, NYPD Commissioner did a surprise...
#DaretoImagine: An Evening of Cultural Resistance, Film and Art with Picture the Homeless
October 16, 2015: In collaboration with US Department of Arts and Culture NYC Field Office during the Week of #DaretoImagine,...
Full Press Coverage: #HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD
For months, we’ve been working with homeless folks living on 125th Street, who have been the target of increasingly aggressive...
FOLLOW UP MEDIA ADVISORY: Homeless People Protest de Blasio Attack
FOLLOW UP ADVISORY: Homeless People Protest de Blasio Attack Community Rallies to Expose Wanton Abuse by de Blasio’s NYPD Harlem,...
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