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For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink.
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~~ Matthew 25

 

Upcoming events

  • Columbia Hillel Speakers' Bureau Presentation(21 days)
  • Temple Shaaray Tefila Speakers' Bureau Presentation(75 days)
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Street Sheets

Resources available for homeless and poor New Yorkers:

Job Skills Development
Food
Hygiene
Medical/Dental
Shelter

Available to download and print on legal sized paper (double sided).

Cry out full throated and unsparingly! Lift up your voice like a trumpet blast....
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~~ Isaiah 58

Action Alerts

  • Call the MTA and Tell Them to Meet With the Homeless Freedom Riders!!!
  • Action Needed: National Housing Trust Fund Legislation This Year
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Policy Updates

  • Work Advantage
  • Federal Farm Bill: Strengthening of Federal Nutrition Programs
  • Federal Housing Budget Fiscal Year 09
  • Federal Farm Bill Passed - Override of Presidential Veto Expected
  • NYC Council passes bill to prohibit landlords from discriminating against tenants on the basis of how they pay their rent
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Recent Victories

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Since the launch of the Assembly's "Building the Blessed City Together" campaign, we have seen tremendous progress in the development of policies to benefit those in our city who are homeless and those who are at risk of homelessness.

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Facts About Homelessness

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NYC Homelessness in 2007:
  • More New Yorkers experienced homelessness
  • Homelessness continues at near-record levels
  • 2007: Worst year for NYC family homelessness since the Great Depression
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    Public Policy Advocacy Platform

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    Photos from the 2004 opening of the
    Building the Blessed City Campaign

     

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    Public Policy Platform


    1) Permanent Housing Production

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