Department of Homeless Services Archives – QNS

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Long Island City

Permits filed for new 6-story homeless shelter in Long Island City

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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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News

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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PoliticsNY

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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Politics

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.

Glendale

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

Glendale shelter opponents rally as they await results of legal challenges

By Max Parrott

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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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