OPINION: Staten Island Borough President: Homeless Shelter Madness Must Stop – Family / Domestic Violence Shelter In Port Richmond Does Not Belong
Editor’s note: The borough president has been very vocal about the issue below involving homeless…
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Staten Island’s Newest Homeless Shelter Must Not Be Allowed: BP Fossella Announces New Actions Against It
BP Fossella to Publicly Announce New Actions and Strategies Being Taken in Opposition to Charleston…
Staten Island Borough President Raises Additional Charleston Homeless Shelter Concerns Regarding Gas Station, Public Hearing
Editor’s note: We have covered the other concerns the borough president has raised about…
On Staten Island, Lowest Rates Of Homeless But Still Many NYC School Students In Shelter: Charleston Neighborhood Inappropriate For Transitional Housing
We previously reported on the donated coat distribution that happened back on January on Staten…
On Staten Island: Coat Drive Distribution On Victory Blvd For Local Families In Need: UPDATED
NEW YORK CARES SPREADS WARMTH DURING 37th ANNUAL COAT DRIVE WITH COAT DISTRIBUTION FOR STATEN ISLANDERS The…
For New Yorkers Experiencing Homelessness: Caring, Concern By Uniqlo & NYC H+H- Distributing 14,000 Clothing Items Especially High Quality Thermals, Socks
For New Yorkers Experiencing Homelessness: Caring, Concern By Uniqlo & NYC H+H- Distributing 14,000 Clothing…
Protecting Homeless Relief Funding Withheld By Trump Administration
Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration to Protect Billions of Dollars to Fight Homelessness AG…
Poverty and Welfare: Treat Low Income People Like Responsible Adults Capable Of Money Management, They’ll Rise To Occasion- CATO Institute
Poverty and Welfare 2022 • Cato Handbook for Policymakers By Michael D. Tanner Editor’s note: Readers…
Exploring Poverty, Wealth Inequality, Earned Nature Of Public Welfare Benefits: Inequality.org
What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty Editor’s note: Readers can learn how…
Staten Island’s Rep. Malliotakis Supports Bipartisan Effort to Extend Healthy Start Program for Five Years
Malliotakis Supports Bipartisan Effort to Extend Healthy Start Program for Five Years Editor’s note: Rep….
Legislative Updates Including Fire Extinguishers In Subways, Stapleton Waterfront, Port Richmond Library Reopens, Battery Site: CM Hanks
Legislative Updates Including Fire Extinguishers In Subways, Stapleton Waterfront, Port Richmond Library Reopens, Battery Site:…
In New York As Nationwide: Work Requirements For SNAP, Medicaid Keep Benefits From People While Not Helping Them Find Work
Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping…
Staten Islanders: Participate In National Volunteer Week Starting Tomorrow – Help Your Neighbors, Find New Ways To Assist
NEW YORKERS GIVE BACK DURING NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK: APRIL 20-26 NEW YORK CARES WILL…
Marriage Penalties In Welfare System, Impact On Society
Understanding Marriage Penalties in Welfare and Their Impact on Society Editor’s note: With regard to…
More Americans Support Benefits For Low-Income Individuals – Including SNAP, WIC, Section 8
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black…
Staten Island To Be Included In ‘Safe Options Support’ Program – NY State Prg Assists Those Facing Homelessness With Outreach, Services
Governor Hochul Announces Expansion of ‘Safe Options Support’ Program to Staten Island Successful Statewide Program…
Remembering Debrina Kawam: Woman Set On Fire On F Train By Migrant Was Homeless, Burned Alive With No One To Help
Debrina Kawam is a woman from Little Falls and Tom’s River in New Jersey. She…
USPS Operation Santa Partnered With Toys”R”Us To Make Letter Adoption Easier, Launched Online Catalog Santa’s Gift Shoppe To Make Kids’ Wishes Come True This Year Nationwide
USPS Operation Santa Teams Up With Toys“R”Us® to Deliver More Holiday Joy New collaboration helps simplify…
Happening Tomorrow! Coat Distribution Event On Staten Island For Local Families In Need Of Warm Coats For Their Kids This Winter
Happening Tomorrow! Coat Distribution Event On Staten Island For Local Families In Need Of Warm…
Pending SNAP Eligibility Changes, Slightly Increased Benefit
October Eligibility and Budgeting Changes Editor’s note: Readers may remember our coverage of the benefits…
SCOTUS Needs Accountability, Transparency: Sen. Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Reform Supreme Court, Mandate Robust Ethics, Term Limits
GILLIBRAND, A CHAMPION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO REFORM THE SUPREME COURT …
$250 First Time Fine Is “Limited” For Homeless, Jobless Individuals: Criminalization Of Homelessness Now Sanctioned By US Supreme Court – Even For Cities With No Shelters, Sleeping On Streets Is Criminal Activity
For context, the first time fine in the Oregon city at the center of the…
SCOTUS To Weigh In On Criminalization Of Involuntary Homelessness In Oregon With Excessive Fines, Criminal Trespass Charges
Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to…
Stop Creating More Hotel Shelters For Homeless – NYC Should Instead Focus On Permanent, Supportive, Affordable Housing To Solve These Issues, Not Lucrative Contracts
Malliotakis, Brooklyn Community Call for Repeal of City Zoning Laws to Stop Creation of Hotel…
SNAP, Cash Assistance Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated In NYC, Bolstering Access To Benefits For Low-Income New Yorkers – Over 90% Of Recipients Applied Online
Mayor Adams Announces Cash Assistance and SNAP Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated, Bolstering Access to Benefits…
Newly Formed CSI Nursing Student Alliance Partnered With Staten Island’s Where To Turn Charity To Provide Toys For Local Children They Serve
Holiday Toy Drive Organized by the Nursing Student Alliance at CSI Our previous article, linked…
Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof Edelman Discusses Criminalization of Homelessness, Devastation Of Eviction Laws To Low-Income People Across Our Nation
This is the fifth part of the interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…
Last Staten Island Toy Giveaway Of This Holiday Season Thursday, Saturday: Urban Hope NYC Invites Community To Christmas Celebration
Staten Islander Exclusive Urban Hope NYC is a nonprofit focused on helping our precious low-income communities…
Adopt Letters To Santa From Children In Your Community, Around Nation Via USPS Operation Santa, Celebrating 111 Years Of Wishes
USPS Operation Santa Letter Adoption Now Open Program Begins Before Black Friday for First Time…
Money Bail, Fines, Fees, & Court Costs Ruin Lives: Never Based On Ability To Pay, Causing Hardship For Low-Income People
This is Part 4 of a multi-part interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…
Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof. Edelman Discusses Affects On Low-Income People Of No Attorney For Criminal, Civil Cases
In this part of the interview series with Professor Edelman, our discussion focuses on…
Prof. Edelman Part II: Traffic Court, High Fines, Exorbitant Rising Fees, Contribute To Poverty, Inequality Around America
Professor Edelman sat down with the Staten Islander News Organization to discuss the overuse of…
Professor Edelman Interview Part 1 – Working In Politics w Robert F Kennedy, President Clinton, Causes, Perpetuation Of Poverty In America
Professor Edelman is currently the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown…
Is It A Crime To Be Poor In America? Prof. Edelman Proves Quite Definitively That It Is
Review Of Not A Crime To Be Poor: The Criminalization Of Poverty In America Can…
Sen. Sanders, Other Pols Promise Not To Intervene In Case Of UPS Workers Strike For Collective Bargaining To Obtain Better Working Conditions, Wages, Healthcare, Retirement
In Letter to Teamsters, 28 Senate Democrats Commit to Not Intervene in Case of UPS…
Senator Gillibrand, Rep. González-Colón, Others Call For Congress To Address Inequalities In Food Assistance To Puerto Rico, Convert NAP To SNAP
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Hispanic Federation, Coalition for Food Security Puerto…
Several Zoom Presentations On Non-Profit Leadership, Along With Non-Profit Academy Awards Gala, Upcoming In April With Institute For Non-Profit Leadership
The Institute for Nonprofit Leadership at Slippery Rock University is hosting the Annual Nonprofit Academy…
Rep. Malliotakis Announces Federal Grant For Staten Island’s Own Community Health Center Of Richmond Healthy Start Initiative
Malliotakis Announces Federal Grant for Community Health Center of Richmond’s Healthy Start Initiative Aims to…
National Right To Work Act Bill Reintroduced By Sen. Rand Paul – Act Makes Unions Unable To Charge Dues To Workers Who Choose To Forego Representation, Weakening Unions Ability To Fund Themselves
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces National Right-to-Work Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul…
Don’t Walk By Homeless Outreach Event Organized by City Relief, The Salvation Army Greater NY Division, The Bowery Mission and Hope for New York: About This Year’s Event With Zack Hodgson, Emergency Svcs Director at Salvation Army GNY
Staten Islander News Organization sat down with Zack Hodgson, Emergency Services Director at Salvation Army…
More Americans Will Find It Hard To Put Food On The Table Starting In March As Emergency SNAP Program Ends
Extra SNAP benefits are ending as US lawmakers resume battle over program that helps low-income…
Annual Don’t Walk By Homeless Outreach Event Organized By Rescue Alliance NYC To Occur This Saturday
Nearly 70,000 people in New York City (including more than 20,000 children) are homeless. This Saturday, February 18 is “Don’t Walk…
Robin Hood Invites Non-Profits In NYC To Apply For Grant Readiness and Insights Training (GRIT) Program
Robin Hood Invites NYC Nonprofit Leaders to Apply to the Grant Readiness and Insights Training (GRIT)…
Deadline Today For Food Pantries Across Staten Island To Submit Their Survey On Total Number Of Clients Needing Assistance, Pre-, Post-COVID
Survey: Numbers Needed for the Legislative Forum As we discussed at the January meeting (notes…
Barbara Ehrenreich Brought Light To Worker Inequality, Her Work May Have Helped Reinvigorate Unions
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on in a reinvigorated labor movement…
Toy & Children’s Items Stop ‘N’ Swap Next Wednesday At Clay Pit Ponds Nature Interpretive Center
Hello Staten Islanders! Still in need of a perfect children’s gift for the holidays? Or…
Muslim Sisters Of Staten Island Hosts 5th Annual Winter Warmth Drive At PS 68
Muslim Sisters of Staten Island is pleased to host its 5th annual Winter Warmth Drive…
Help Fulfill A Child’s Christmas Wishes This Year With USPS’ Operation Santa Starting Today!
In a Position to Give Some Magic This Season? Registration to Adopt USPS Operation Santa…
Hundreds March In 25 States With Poor People’s Campaign: National Call For Revival
If we ever needed to vote, we sure do need to vote now! Hundreds march…
Salvation Army Toy Giveaway And Valentine’s Day Immersion Experience Videos Posted
Video of the NYCHA Marcy Houses Toy Giveaway in December The first part of the above…