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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 11: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, listens to Acacia Network CEO Raul Russ, foreground left, as he visits a room at the Corona Family Residence, a homeless facility, May 11, 2015 in the Queens borough of New York City. Mayor deBlasio made an announcement on his effort to combat the city's homelessness crisis. Also in the visit are Dept. of Investigations Commissioner Mark Peters, background left, and Dept. of Homeless Services Commissioner Gilbert Taylor.

NYC Council Members Bash de Blasio’s Homeless Shelter Placement Process

De Blasio’s Homelessness Czar Says He Won’t Quit Any Time Soon

By Madina Toure
Former Mayor David Dinkins, left, and Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks, right, chat after Banks' speech at the New York Law School.

As Shelter Population Smashes Records, City Czar Says He’s Tuning Out the ‘Noise’

By Madina Toure
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli.

Bill de Blasio ‘Confused’ by Former Top Homelessness Official’s Criticism

By Madina Toure
HRA Commissioner Steven Banks.

De Blasio Putting Homeless Services Permanently in Hands of Cuomo Foe

By Will Bredderman
Mayor bill de Blasio with former Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Christine Quinn Teams Up With de Blasio Administration on Homeless Shelter Overhaul

By Will Bredderman
Mayor De Blasio

City to Provide Security for Hotels Housing Homeless After Triple Murder

By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio named Dr. Herminia Palacio as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services today. (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office)

New de Blasio Deputy Mayor for Homelessness Says She Probably Can’t Solve the Problem

By Will Bredderman
Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (Photo: Spencer Platt for Getty Images)

Cuomo Hints at New State Intervention in City Shelter System—With Help From Stringer

By Will Bredderman and Jillian Jorgensen
A homeless woman in Manhattan

De Blasio Appreciates ‘Intent’ of Cuomo Homelessness Order, But Calls It Redundant

By Will Bredderman
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