Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand an MTA program pairing cops and nurses to treat and remove severely mentally ill New ...

The candidates’ views on addressing homelessness in New York City differ vastly, with calls to expand mental health services, overhaul the shelter system and change policing. By Anna Kodé More than ...

Kevin Atlanta was homeless until this summer. NY1 met him at a shelter in Queens — a facility run by the nonprofit group Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) similar to where he had stayed — a place that ...

A new city-run temporary housing facility to provide shelter and medical care to individuals after a psychiatric hospitalization will start to accept tenants this week, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.

More than 20 states are suing Donald Trump’s administration to restore billions of dollars in grant funding to combat homelessness, with tens of thousand of Americans at risk of losing shelter. A ...

New Yorkers in several neighborhoods where Mayor Eric Adams won handily on a platform of reducing crime through increased policing now say they’re ready to embrace policies meant to minimize NYPD ...

The Trump administration is pushing a new approach to America’s homeless crisis, favoring shelters and rehabilitation centers over long-term housing for people who use drugs and alcohol. By Sarah ...

President Trump wants far more homeless people forced into mandatory "long-term addiction" for mental health treatment. Critics say forcing Americans off the streets into institutions would be risky ...

The city’s real-estate market will be crippled by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to stop clearing homeless encampments, industry workers warned Friday. Tent cities crowding city sidewalks would ...