homeless

After a life in shelters, Vietnam vet now leads one

Hakim Rasheed, director of social services at Broadway Community, Inc., is not so different from the homeless people he helps: he was once one of them.

By Madina Toure | Jan 26 05:29 am ET

Brother, can you spare a granola bar?

Torn about how to respond to homelessness? Step 1: Quit treating panhandlers like garbage cans.

By Kathryn Brill | Sep 7 06:21 pm ET

Homeless shelter to close, uncertainty for site's future

At their long-awaited meeting with the commissioner of the city’s Department of Homeless Services, Robert Hess, local tenants gathered on Thursday night to discuss the closure of a transitional homeless shelter.

By Sarah Darville | Apr 9 02:51 am ET

The fight against heartless social justice

What if we had so many homeless friends that public safety started to get nervous about how many of them were sleeping in the dorms?

By Sy Hoekstra | Feb 23 06:18 pm ET

Transformed to love

New York would be a very different place if it wasn’t so uncommon to see students, professors, doctors, and lawyers using the resources we have and not just caring for people in the workplace but in all the different places we find ourselves daily

By Rebekah Mays | Dec 8 08:35 pm ET

Cotton robot toys support NYC homeless

Kalvin Kauzbot may be a small robot made of cotton, but last month at the International Toy Fair in New York City, this toy proved that it had a heart of gold.

By Sam Levin | Mar 27 01:32 am ET

Spare Change

As a lifelong New Yorker, I've had an extensive but not deeply examined relationship with panhandlers. In the 1960s they were commonly known as bums or derelicts, and most had a story to sell for a quarter.

By Alan Ziegler | Dec 2 10:53 pm ET

Something for Which to be Thankful

Thanksgiving has rolled around once more, bringing with it a variety of sensations for the Columbia student: the stress of travel, the last stretch of coursework before the end of the term, the sud

By Editorial Board | Nov 25 12:03 am ET

Recognizing and Addressing the Needs of LGBT Youth

Sarah Lockwood’s article in last week’s Spectator highlighted the issues facing homeless or inadequately housed queer youth on the streets of New York, and I take this opportunity, in the context o

By Aries Dela Cruz | Apr 14 09:03 pm ET

Homeless LGBT Youths Often Face Violent Life on the Streets

Six months ago, 15-year-old Drew said he would have described himself as an “ordinary teenager.”

By Sarah Lockwood | Apr 7 03:08 am ET

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