Homeless New Yorker
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I encourage today's intrepid reporters to infiltrate and describe the conditions in homeless shelters, gospel rescue missions, safe havens, drop-in centers, supportive housing, and the like. The more taxpayer money is spent on them, the less the public knows. Enlighten us.
Those who hate deliveristas should do their own shopping and cooking.
NYC block taken over by migrant workers for delivery bike parking as guard keeps overnight watch trib.al/o8fk5kJ
#OnThisDate in 1984, the #FranklinAvenueShelter opened with 400 beds for single men, by agreement with Borough President Scott Simon and the state, in return for closing the #KingsbridgeArmoryShelter. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/on-…
#PsychiatrizationOfHomelessness goes nationwide.
President Trump wants to make it easier to forcibly hospitalize people experiencing homelessness for longer periods of time. The executive order says shifting those with mental illness and addiction into long-term institutions will restore public order. wapo.st/4fcEMdG
Critics say @ZohranKMamdani's proposed municipal grocery stores will bring Soviet-style empty shelves. But NYC has had them since #MayorLaGuardia and nobody went broke. And the federal Defense Commissary Agency for the military is even more similar. 🥕🥕🥕 gothamist.com/news/zohran-ma…
#HarmsOfEncampmentSweeps: Loss of income when taking unpaid time off work to protect belongings.
Seco has a FT job working with homeless people as a housing manager for a nonprofit, and he lives in a tent homeless. Seco had to take unpaid time off from work to move all his belongings to prevent losing them in a homeless sweep. youtube.com/watch?v=7Ym4VI…
A quick remedy for heat exhaustion is to lie down, legs up. Homeless people are even more exposed to summer heat. #HostileArchitecture makes it hard or impossible. 👎 invisiblepeople.tv/hostile-archit…
In loving memory Benito Flores QR code for burial & supporting reclaimers @ReclaimingHomes posted on IG at @eastsidecafe