New York Times | March 26, 2020
She’s 10, Homeless and Eager to Learn. But She Has No Internet.
Thousands of students living in shelters and doubled up in overcrowded apartments have not received web-enabled devices for online learning. Add to that the complication of adapting traditional lesson plans to be taught online, and the city has been faced with an enormous and unprecedented undertaking.
Recreating a classroom on the internet is a logistical challenge that comes with a learning curve for students, teachers and parents.
And it is already leaving poor and vulnerable students behind — especially the estimated 114,000 children who live in shelters and unstable housing.
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WABC | May 24, 2020
Up Close: The economic impact of COVID-19
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — On this episode of Up Close with Bill Ritter, COVID-19 and the long-term economic impact.
Metrofocus | May 18, 2020
CHRISTINE QUINN WARNS OF “HOMELESS CATASTROPHE” DUE TO COVID-19
Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn warns that the economic fallout from Covid-19 could push 1 million New Yorkers into homelessness. Currently, there is a…
New York Daily News | May 15, 2020
Preventing a homelessness cataclysm: Time to develop a broad-based housing aid strategy
New York Times | May 15, 2020
America’s Cities Could House Everyone, if They Chose To
New York Daily News | May 15, 2020
Op-ed by Christine Quinn: Preventing a homelessness cataclysm: Time to develop a broad-based housing aid strategy
The clock is ticking. We have until Aug. 20 – the day that Gov. Cuomo’s eviction moratorium is set to expire – to come up…
New York Times | May 15, 2020
America’s Cities Could House Everyone, if They Chose To
The federal government could render homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. The cure for homelessness is housing, and, as it happens, the money is available: Congress…