Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced increased security at the Civic Center garage, where many of Rochester’s homeless seek refuge during cold weather.
Rochester homelessness
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Campaign targets statewide housing reforms
Last week, as temperatures in the Rochester area plunged below zero, the area’s homeless shelters faced a problem they’ve had in the past: a problem of demand. When it’s too cold to be outside for an extended period, the shelters see a surge of people seeking a place to stay. Staff spend many of those […]
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City prepares for encampment move
The deadline Spectrum set for residents of an encampment on its property on Mt. Hope Avenue has passed and the people are still there, but not for long. The residents have begun packing up their things and preparing to move to a new site at Industrial Street. Alex Yudelson, chief of staff to Mayor Lovely […]
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City could sign off on tent city site
Rochester could soon have an officially designated location where homeless people could set up an encampment. City of Rochester officials are in talks with local homeless advocates to designate a parcel of land on Industrial Street, near West Broad, as an encampment site, and would turn over control of the property to a community organization. The […]
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Hotel Cadillac showdown is over
The vigil at the Hotel Cadillac is over. But housing activists and advocates for the homeless say they’re going to keep raising the issue of affordable, low-barrier housing in Rochester. At 9 46 p.m. yesterday, the a representative for the building’s owner, DHD Ventures called Rochester police and requested officers clear out the main entrance […]
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Breaking rules to help the homeless
James Jackson, aka Kaiser Solzie, wants to use his story to inspire others going through some of the same struggles he has.
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Cuomo unveils big ideas; housing activists want action
As usual, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State speech last week was full of big proposals – seemingly fuller than usual, maybe because he’s ready to run for another term, maybe because he has his eye on the White House. Whatever the reason, Cuomo had a lengthy wish list, packed with a few things […]
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Rochester homeless advocates seek funding for winter shelter
There’s little that’s more emblematic of severe poverty than homelessness. Like most medium-size and large cities, Rochester has emergency shelters for homeless adults, but the demand for beds and living space, especially for the chronically homeless, continues to outpace availability. For the third year in a row, REACH Advocacy – Rochesterians Engaging in Action for […]
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A zero-waste world
Khoury Humphrey has a philosophy: to ignore a problem is to condone it. This viewpoint led him to begin thinking of ways to feed the homeless and poor in the City of Rochester, and to eventually form Flower City Pickers — an idea he came up with while recovering from an illness earlier this year. […]
