#RandySantos, the 2019 #ChinatownHomelessMurders perpetrator, was convicted of murder today. His #InsanityDefense was rejected. @legalaidnyc.bsky.social promises to appeal. gothamist.com/news/man-who...

The @nydailynews.com #EditorialBoard is overjoyed that #MayorMamdani reversed himself. Instead, it should remember that #EncampmentSweeps turn unsheltered people in tents into unsheltered people without tents, and that #SweepsKill. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/19/c...

In closing statements today, defense lawyer for #ChinatownHomelessMurders suspect #RandySantos urged the jury to find his client not guilty by reason of insanity (and send him for years of #InvoluntaryTreatment), rather than guilty (and jail him for life). www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/18/n...

#MayorMamdani reversed himself on the one piece of my advice he implemented. What a disgrace.

@ryankost.bsky.social of @gothamist.com summarizes this year's January-February #ColdWave. gothamist.com/news/how-a-d...

@nypost.com claps, #NYPD jumps. Despite #MayorMamdani 's promise not to do homeless #EncampmentSweeps, and though it's still #CodeBlue, the police raided an RVLife camp and towed several vehicles. bronx.news12.com/nypd-targets...

Delivery man #SantiagoAjsacSirin died 3 months after beaten unconscious by 4 muggers. He was found gravely injured by the Target store on Second Ave. and 29th St. in Manhattan. May he rest in peace. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/15/i...

@nypost.com reports on a "massive, illegal NYC encampment" that "thrives near Citi Field". #VehicularHomelessness has arrived. ... nypost.com/2026/02/10/u...

#OnThisDate in 2006, #MalcolmGladwell published an article titled "Million-dollar Murray", about Murray Barr, a resident of #RenoNV, whose habits and poverty cost the city more than $1 million a year in emergency room trips, police, and other services. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/o...

Homeless life, on a low budget and with many rules and restrictions, is difficult, and it may be hard to do what you want to do on #ValentinesDay, no matter how much you love your loved ones. Here's "How to Spend Valentine's Day While Homeless". homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2024/02/12/h...

@nytimes.com reports that #NYCDSS #CommissionerPark "Resigns After Losing #MayorMamdani ’s Favor". www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/n...

@elizabethkim.bsky.social reports on today's #NYCCouncil debate whether or not to force homeless New Yorkers indoors. gothamist.com/news/debate-...

An 18th person has been found dead due to cold, @josiestratman.bsky.social reports. In all of 2023, 29 people died due to #ExtremeCold, 52 in 2022, 34 in 2021, and 21 in 2018. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/09/d...

Though #NYCDSS #CommissionerPark resigned today, she's going to be questioned by the #NYCCouncil tomorrow over 18 cold deaths. gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

#KarenYi reports "Head of NYC's homeless services* resigns amid weeks of job uncertainty under Mamdani". gothamist.com/news/head-of...

#OnThisDate in 2021, #MartinVBoise was settled. The city would not enforce anti-camping laws if no beds were available; invested $1.335m for services, w/≥1/3 for more shelter space; updated policies to protect those w/disabilities etc.; but could cite those who refused appropriate&available shelter.

#OnThisDate in 1996, #WallsVGiuliani, 916 F.Supp. 214 (EDNY 1996), was decided: though landlords can use self-help removing squatters, the City's deliberate policy of encouraging squatters & acquiescence in their occupancy entitled them to due process. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2024/02/08/o...

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?” Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…” #HousingFirst

#OnThisDate in 1983, #EldredgeVKoch, 118 Misc.2d 163 (Sup.Ct., NY Co.) was decided: the NYC #RightToShelter for single men under #CallahanVCarey was extended to homeless women on the same terms. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2024/02/07/o...

It's 8F in NYC, low 3F, wind 17mph, #ExtendedCodeBlue. Get indoors, folks. People die; don't let it be you. The city opened more #WarmingCenters and #WarmingBuses and vans. That includes some schools, overnight, but only till 8pm Sunday. Full list: portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kan...

Contrary to its usual practice, the @nypost.com not only shows photos of #unsheltered homeless New Yorkers, but also interviews them, doesn't judge them, and doesn't call them "vagrants". nypost.com/2026/01/28/u...

How do we get rid of poor people as a whole? Make them middle-class. #JustGiveThemTheMoney.

#DayvonMorrison, 30, was arrested Tuesday over accusations he beat his son Maliek, 2, at the #ManhattanViewHotel shelter in #LongIslandCity. Maliek has now died. May he rest in peace. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/05/b...

The NYC Cold Death Toll Hits 17 as Deep Freeze Continues, @haidee.bsky.social Chu reports. 10 of 16 had prior involvement with the #NYCDHS shelter system, 1 unknown. None lived at an encampment. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/04/c...

A new #NYCDHS rule will make it harder to get people off streets into #SafeHavens and #StabilizationBeds, @gwynnefitz.bsky.social reports. 👎 #CommissionerPark. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/05/s...

#MayorMamdani has opened #WarmingCenters and sent #WarmingBuses and vans, but they haven't been publicized, even in news articles, and few people know about them. @nbcnewyork.com shows Where to Find a Warming Center in NYC, with a list of addresses in all boroughs. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/w...

#OnThisDate in 1988, having heard that #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs had been released, the New York #CourtOfAppeals dismissed her case as moot. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2023/02/04/o...

"Deaths in the cold climb to 16 in NYC as frigid temps persist", @josiestratman.bsky.social reports. www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/02/d...

"Cold-related deaths jump to 14 in NYC as deep freeze continues", @nydailynews.com reports. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/31/n...

@haidee.bsky.social Chu has a follow-up to her recent article on #CodeBlue. This may be the first article I know of that shows it from the point of view of the homeless. We should all thank her (and her editors who approved the pitch) immensely. ♥️💪 www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/30/c...

The @nydailynews.com #EditorialBoard demands that #MayorMamdani "must restore homeless #EncampmentSweeps". Dangerous baloney. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/30/w...

Instead of #TinyHomes, can we call them "living sheds"?

"Ms. Shirley" Raines, who was helping the homeless on #SkidRow in #LosAngeles, #California, and #Nevada, died at age 58. May she rest in peace. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/28/t...

The cold wave continues. It's 14F, low 10. People continue to freeze to death. The #NYCDHS system is free, available, and unlimited, but to me, the fact that people still stay away shows what a hellhole it is. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/28/b...

#RandySantos, who admitted killing 4 unsheltered homeless people, including #ChuenKwok, and attempting to kill a fifth in the #ChinatownMurders in 2019, appeared in court today and pleaded the insanity defense. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/27/m...

Homeless folks in NYC: Reporter @haidee.bsky.social wants to know how homeless New Yorkers cope with the cold and how much the #NYCDHS (dis)obeys its #CodeBlue rules. Where do you stay, eat, go pee? Were you put out of shelter, safe haven, drop-in center, turned away? Email her at [email protected].

NYC is Investigating Seven Outdoor Deaths as a Cold Snap Sets In, @haidee.bsky.social and @katiehonan.bsky.social report. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/26/s...

#OnThisDate in 1982, #RebeccaSmith, 61, was found dead in her cardboard box home on Tenth Ave. and 17th St. in Chelsea. The #OCME determined the cause of her death to be #hypothermia. Action followed.

A Black family that was recently homeless found a home and are recovering, but they’re struggling. The mom found a new job but needs help with a down payment for a car to save on Uber costs getting to & from work. Let’s each give $1 to reach her goal. We’ve helped 229 people so far, let’s keep going

Three homeless people were found dead on NYC streets this morning, as the deep freezing cold wave grips the city. May they rest in peace. www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/24/t...

A homeless man was killed while living at a homeless encampment in #LosAngeles. This is the #GreatestHesEverBeen. www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/s...

Here's How to Get Into a Drop-in Center in NYC, but, in this freezing cold, they're probably all full. Still, write down the phone numbers (this is the only source that has them all) and ask. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/h...

On a day with a 17-degree *high* and forecast low of 12, the coldest in years, #NYCDHS didn't announce #CodeBlue, #AsleepAtTheWheel again, but it did find the time to tweet its thanks to @haidee.bsky.social for her article describing its "work". What a dysfunctional agency. x.com/NYCDHS/statu...

Temperatures below freezing, both lows & highs, until at least Tuesday the 27th. #NYCDHS warned "Temperatures are to go below freezing this weekend", announced #CodeBlue "in effect from 4pm", but didn't say, until the cold wave ends? Or till 8am tmr, and then #AsleepAtTheWheel? x.com/NYCDHS/statu...

Suddenly, the concept of a "free market economy" has started to appear much more attractive. 😎

@thecity.nyc @haidee.bsky.social Chu has a brand new article on NYC #CodeBlue Nights: How Homeless Outreach Works When It’s Freezing. Or at least how it's supposed to work, because... www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/22/f...

#NYCDHS announced #CodeBlue yesterday, only at 7:26pm, but not yet today. It's in the 40s now, but a 28F low is forecast, and nights in the teens until at least Monday. Snow is to start falling Saturday night, with 10 inches expected in NYC by Monday. #AsleepAtTheWheel. x.com/NYCDHS/statu...

#OnThisDate in 1988, after 84 days of involuntary confinement, #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs was released and walked out of #BellevueHospital. homelessnewyorker.wordpress.com/2023/01/19/o...

Low 24F, #CodeBlue conditions until at least Thursday. The 3" snow forecast has become 5". #NYCDHS #AsleepAtTheWheel since Friday. Will #MayorMamdani make some personnel adjustments? www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/18/s...

Low 28F, #CodeBlue conditions, #NYCDHS #AsleepAtTheWheel.