homelessness

Defense attorneys argued Randy Santos should not be held responsible due to severe mental illness. Prosecutors said he understood what he was doing.

The two new locations are in Crown Heights and Flatbush.

More than half the callers to the city’s domestic violence hotline are single people, but few are getting shelter.

The city’s housing and homeless services agencies will create a new pipeline between housing developers and shelter providers.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani remains silent on the policing strategy.

The pilot program kept nearly all young people out of the city’s shelter system six months after distributing the money.

City Councilmember Crystal Hudson says the investigation shows why homeless people sometimes choose to sleep on the streets rather than indoors.

Fights, assaults and deaths have long plagued the Tillary Street Women’s Shelter in Downtown Brooklyn. Emergencies have only surged in recent years.

Several mayors have tried closing the Bellevue shelter on 30th Street in Midtown.

The city will relocate intake services to two other Manhattan locations.