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Storm Paid-For Hotel Rooms Sit Vacant in NYC

11.29.12 at 10:21am by Associated Press

Scores of hotel rooms paid for with public money for people displaced by Superstorm Sandy have been vacant for weeks.

NYC Adding 5 New Homeless Shelters

9.26.12 at 8:37am by Associated Press

New York City plans to open at least five new homeless shelters by the end of the year.

Upper West Side Community Upset with Department of Homeless Services

8.7.12 at 3:10pm by Kris Venezia

Residents holding signs opposing Department of Housing Services.

Some residents and city officials stood on the corner of 95th Street and West End Avenue in Manhattan today in protest of the Department of Housing Services.

Out-of-Towners Flock to NYC Homeless Shelters

7.31.12 at 9:38am by Associated Press

The number of out-of-town families entering New York City's homeless shelters has risen 48 percent over the past four years.

Lawsuit: Low-Income NYers Blocked from Program

7.19.12 at 9:22am by Associated Press

A lawsuit contends that thousands of low-income New Yorkers are at risk of becoming homeless because they've been blocked from applying to a program designed to deter eviction.

Earthtones Ensemble and Homeless LGBT Youth

9.15.10 at 6:51pm by Robin Shannon

Two very different groups of New York Teens share their stories. The first is an artistic ensemble of environmentally passionate youth, brought together by a song competition. Then, reporter Sara Kugel takes us to Manhattan's west side, where she spent time with a number of homeless LGBT kids. Hear their hopes and struggles on this week's Fordham Conversations.