homeless shelters

NYC opening adult homeless shelter 5 feet away from pre-K-5 school, parents fuming

The city is quietly planning to open a homeless shelter for adult men and women at a former hotel attached to a lower Manhattan public school – a move that...

Clean up the 8th Avenue 'strip of despair' NOW

No neighborhood should have to put up with so many addicts passed out on its streets, shooting up or engaging in knife fights.

Taxpayer-funded new high-rise for homeless features gym, cafe — and apartments with skyline views

A fancy, new, taxpayer-funded high-rise homeless shelter featuring apartments with skyline views, a gym and cafe is set to open in Los Angeles — looking more like a hipster haven...

Salvos worker jailed after sex with teenage homeless girl

A Salvos youth support worker has been jailed for a minimum six months after having sex with a 17-year-old girl who was staying at the homeless shelter where he worked.

Five men randomly slashed by resident at Harlem men's homeless shelter

Five men were hospitalized after being slashed at a Harlem men’s homeless shelter.

Thousands flood City Hall steps to oppose proposed Brooklyn homeless shelter

Over 2,000 New Yorkers incensed over the city's plan to build a homeless shelter in a Brooklyn neighborhood descended on City Hall to oppose the proposal.

NYC mom demands justice after girl, 11, slashed by maniac career criminal and left 'showered in blood'

An 11-year-old girl slashed in the head by an apparently homeless maniac was left "showered in blood" and is "lucky to be alive," her mother fumed to The Post.

San Francisco slammed for $5M a year program to give free alcohol to the homeless: 'This isn't working'

San Francisco runs a “managed alcohol program” for its homeless where nurses dispense controlled doses of vodka and beer to them.

NYC Dem lawmaker pushes council to back Albany's proposed ban on 'cruel' migrant shelter stay limits

Manhattan Dem Gale Brewer proposed a resolution Thursday that would have the City Council back a state bill that would do away with caps on shelter stays, allowing asylum seekers...

California spent $24B on homeless crisis but problem didn't improve in many cities: auditor's report

California GOP leaders are calling for more accountability after an audit released earlier this week indicated that the state spent around $24 billion to tackle the homeless crisis over the past five...

NYC pols push $15M plan to provide free mental health services to migrants

The proposal would station mental health coordinators at all 218 city migrant shelters and run taxpayers — on the low end — at least $15 million a year, according to a...

Adams' migrant shelter accord with Legal Aid is driven by lefty delusion

The Adams administration's settlement with Legal Aid Society and Commission for the Homeless that sets parameters for when migrants can be evicted from shelters.

Mayor Adams' 'right to shelter' agreement will actually make NYC's migrant crisis worse

Mayor Adams’ agreement, announced Friday, to limit the time migrants can stay in shelters at taxpayer expense, is smoke and mirrors. 

Migrants will 'never leave NYC's care': Critics fear as lefty pols renew push for unlimited shelter stays

Far-left NYC Council members are making a second push to pass controversial legislation to scrap Mayor Eric Adams’ cap on how long migrants can stay in public shelters.

As Eric Adams scrambles to limit migrant chaos, lefties are bent on WORSENING it

Mayor Eric Adams keeps coming up with practical measures to limit the damage from migrants overwhelming New York City, but lefties keep looking to worsen it.

Abandoned Harlem building built as luxury complex will instead become homeless shelter — and could house migrants

A Harlem building that was marketed to open as a plush condominium complex is being eyed as a potential emergency shelter for migrants instead of affordable housing for local residents.

Inside the brutally violent Venezuelan gang using migrant wave to launch NYC phone robbery spree

Phone snatches off New York streets by robbers on scooters are part of a vast Venezuela-based international crime network, sources say.

FiDi parents fight city scheme to open men's homeless shelter near grade school

More than 1,400 people have signed a petition opposing the shelter slated to open in late 2025 at 41-43 Beekman St. – a stone’s throw from where 400 youngsters attend...

NYC homeless shelter population surges 53% amid migrant crisis: mayor's report

The number of homeless people in New York City's shelter system skyrocketed 53% over the past year.

Annual count of homeless residents begins in Los Angeles, where tens of thousands live on streets

The results of the LA County homeless count are expected to be released in late spring or early summer.