Charges of criminal trespassing against ten housing and homeless activists were dropped this morning after a short hearing in…
City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito has introduced a bill that would require the city take a census to count vacant…
Members of the grassroots organization Picture the Homeless shared their experience from a 17-day trip to Budapest, Hungary and…
WEB EXCLUSIVE: New Yorkers Break Gaza Siege
With what seems like more buildings collapsed than standing, 5,686 miles does not begin to measure the distance between…
HOPING FOR THE BEST: Eden, Nick and Zach (left to right) start each day with a two-hour subway ride.…
East Harlem Residents, Housing Advocates Rally Outside Vacant Building
More than one hundred people rallied outside a vacant building owned by New York City in East Harlem…
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