Homeless Advocates Get Sitdown With Housing Officials
“New York City officials met with homeless advocates on Monday, two weeks after one of their members confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio at the gym about his administration’s record on housing. Vocal-NY, a nonprofit organization that works on issues including housing, is calling for 10% of the planned 300,000 units of affordable housing to be earmarked for homeless residents. Currently, the plan only sets aside 5%.”