De Blasio’s Homelessness Plan Will Cut the Record-High Shelter Population By Just Four Percent
Bill de Blasio's long-promised solution to the crisis will reduce the 60,000 people living in city shelters by just 2,500 over five years.
Steven Banks
News About Steven Banks
Good Man, Bad Job
Steven Banks wears two hats: he is Commissioner of the NYC Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services and the head of the Department of Homeless Services.
More New Yorkers Facing Eviction Have Lawyers, But No Right to Counsel Yet
Mayor Bill de Blasio today city investments in programs to provide lawyers to tenants facing eviction in housing court—but stopped short of endorsing the "right to counsel" that's been advocated for in the City Council.
