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: Protest
THURSDAY, 11AM: Twitter Rally to Pass the Housing Not Warehousing Act
Dear Friends and Family of Picture the Homeless, After years of hard work on the issue of vacant property, our...
A Protest & a Party; a Cook-out & a Community Visioning Session
Last Saturday, we gathered on the sidewalk outside of three city-owned lots, vacant since the 1970’s, to highlight neighborhood needs,...
“We Know What We Need” – Bronx Vacancy Visioning Action!
Today, Picture the Homeless and our allies at Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Mothers on the Move, and many more,...
Full Press Release for Today’s Vacancy Visioning Session
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community Residents Hold Sidewalk “Visioning” Session at City-Owned Vacant Lot May 4, 2017 – Community residents, homeless...
“Right now, this lot belongs to the raccoons. But it should belong to us.”
Like countless others across NYC, the City-owned lot at 1390 Stebbins Avenue in the Bronx has been sitting vacant since...
PTH meets with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
Yesterday, as part of the #NoCuts Coalition, Picture the Homeless was among the groups that met with U.S. Senator Chuck...
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...
“He’s opened a Pandora’s Box of evil.”
“New York City is already a police state for poor people,” said PTH member Jose Rodriguez, when the presidential election...
THIS MONTH: City Council Hearing for the Housing Not Warehousing Act!
We’re so excited to reveal that on September 15th, the Housing & Buildings Committee of the New York City Council...
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...
Homeless Women Say: NO WAR ON WOMEN!
On Saturday, homeless women who are members of Picture the Homeless helped lead a march through Harlem for International Working...
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...
Gaining Ground for all New Yorkers.
This month, the city announced that it was ending the controversial “cluster site” shelter program. That’s great – it’s something...
Launching “Gaining Ground” – housing solutions from homeless New Yorkers
New York City is at a breaking point. New Yorkers are losing rent-regulated units to the shelter system; the Mayor’s...
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...
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...
The City is selling its property to the highest bidder. Help us fight back.
Community Activists & Homeless People Protest “Sneaky” Auction of City-Owned Property Demand an end to “stealth” auctions; decry $11M minimum...
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,...
Homeless People Protest at Home of Slumlord Shelter Owner
New York, NY. —Homeless people and their allies will hold a “sleep out” protest outside the $5 million condo home...
Homeless people protest the Manhattan Institute, racist architects of “Broken Windows” policing
The Manhattan Institute is a right-wing think tank that’s spent years advocating for the “broken windows” theory of policing—cracking down...