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Wards Island Park remained underused, and The New York Times said in 1963 that the park was generally neglected and full of garbage. [214] Work on a 200-bed hospital for mentally disabled children on Wards Island began in 1965, [215] and New York governor Nelson Rockefeller announced a mental hospital complex on that island in 1967. [216]
The cover of the Hobo News in the late 1910s, published by the International Brotherhood Welfare Association. This is a list of notable street newspapers. A street newspaper is a newspaper or magazine sold by homeless or poor individuals and produced mainly to support these populations. Most such newspapers primarily provide coverage about ...
The State Emigrant Refuge and Hospital was a New York State immigration complex located on Wards Island in New York City. Established in 1847, it primarily consisted of a public shelter and a hospital, later known as the Verplanck State Emigrant Hospital, both of which served recent immigrant arrivals to the Port of New York. [1]
The 180-bed shelter for single men at 78-16 Cooper Avenue in Glendale has been the subject of 2,251 911 calls, 677 other emergency calls and 278 on-site arrests since Yonkers-based Westhab began ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is supporting the city's effort to suspend a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to homeless people, as a large ...
After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the decision, accusing Adams of creating an immigrant “dumping ground."
An early Hobo News front page. Although the modern street newspaper began with the 1989 publication of Street News in New York City, [1] [2] and the Street Sheet in San Francisco, 1989, newspapers sold by the poor and homeless to generate income and to bring attention to social problems date back to the late 19th century; journalism scholar Norma Fay Green has cited The War Cry, created by the ...
Some immigrants in New York City could be formally denied emergency housing after officials and human rights advocates agreed to compromise on the interpretation of a unique legal decision that ...