Department of Homeless Services Archives – QNS

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Cambria Heights

Rep. Meeks assures Cambria Heights: Vacant Rite Aid will not become a shelter

By Athena Dawson

Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow-Park during a City Council hearing examing DSS's Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget.

AMNY

Independent Budget Office says Mayor’s projected cost of migrant crisis is overblown, but admin hits back

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AMNY

Migrant crisis | City Council grills Adams admin officials on food cost disparities among homeless shelters and relief centers

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Councilwoman calls out city negligence after migrant suicide at Dutch Kills shelter

By Bill Parry

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Mayor Adams opens 8 new resource centers for asylum seekers backed by $2.1M grant

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Adams fiercely defends embattled Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins

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Community Service

Queens council members introduce bill studying community nonprofits as shelter intake centers

By Ethan Marshall

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Glendale

Hundreds of 911 calls, dozens of arrests and no end in sight to crime spike near Glendale’s Cooper Avenue shelter

By Julia Moro

Sunnyside

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Effort to reactivate public space in Sunnyside slowed by homeless encampment on Bliss Plaza

By Bill Parry

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Homeless New Yorkers demand shelter improvements at Council hearing

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Queens lawmaker celebrates legislative success for two measures supported by labor unions

By Bill Parry

East Elmhurst residents protest another hotel-turned-homeless shelter in the neighborhood

By Julia Moro

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Douglaston

DHS plans to bring 75-bed senior women’s shelter to Douglaston

By Jenna Bagcal

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Glendale

Queens councilman demands investigation into DHS, claiming agency lied about moving homeless into hotels

By Bill Parry

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DHS relocating nearly 100 Bronx homeless shelter residents to College Point hotel

By Zachary Gewelb

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Homeless died in disproportionate numbers from COVID-19 in April: advocates

By Mark Hallum

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Department of Homeless Services employee arrested in Queens following dispute over towed car

By Emily Davenport

The former factory at 78-16 Cooper Ave. in Glendale is shown undergoing renovation in this April 2019 photo.

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Cooper Avenue homeless shelter opens its doors in Glendale: DHS

By Max Parrott

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Glendale

Supreme Court judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to halt Glendale homeless shelter

By Max Parrott

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Glendale shelter opponents rally as they await results of legal challenges

By Max Parrott

Jamaica

Shelter for homeless men in Rockaway Park remains on hold following court ruling

By Bill Parry

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Judge issues temporary restraining order on proposed Rockaway Park men’s shelter

By Bill Parry

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Glendale

2020 Preview: The biggest stories to watch for in southwest Queens

By Bill Parry

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Health

City expands its ‘Outreach’ to homeless people living on the streets

By Robert Pozarycki

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