Gothamist

“For folks having housing issues, that’s more money not going to the landlord,” said Adriana Mendoza, benefits supervisor at the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project. “It’s putting more burden on a situation people are already having.”

City Limits

"They actually make it much harder for people to maintain relationships with outreach workers, because they’re constantly being moved from place to place,” said Natalie Druce, a staff attorney at the Safety Net Project."

Gothamist

"Natalie Druce, a staff attorney for the Safety Net Project, a homeless advocacy group, said the data is even more urgent now that the Adams administration can legally evict adult migrants from city shelters once they reach their 30- or 60-day limits and don’t meet a list of allowable exceptions."

BK Daily Eagle

But Natalie Druce, a staff attorney at the housing advocacy group Safety Net Project, said she thought HOPE count figures showed certain Adams administration policies–like persistent encampment sweeps or hospitalizing homeless people against their will–weren’t working.

Spectrum Noticias

"Porque lo hacen en invierno y lo qué pasa es que muchas veces toda la gente sin hogar que está en la calle por la noche están escondiéndose dentro de lugares donde está difícil encontrarlos", dijo Marika Dias, de Safety Net Project Urban Justice.

Gothamist

"Kathleen Cash, a homeless and benefits advocate at the Safety Net Project, which focuses on low-income New Yorkers' needs, said any increase in the number of unsheltered homeless people is troubling. “This is actually the highest the count has been since it started in 2005."

The City

"Natalie Druce, a staff attorney at the housing advocacy group Safety Net Project, said she thought the HOPE count figures showed certain Adams administration policies – like persistent encampment sweeps or hospitalizing homeless people against their will – weren’t working."

Food Policy

"Adriana Mendoza was selected to be a part of this special cohort based on her contributions to food systems reform as a Benefits Supervisor with the Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center."

Food Policy

"Despite working many jobs to supplement my father’s income, my mother always found time to join grassroots organizations to advocate for labor and immigrant rights, and housing and food justice. She was my inspiration in doing the work that I do today."

City Limits

"Housing specialists, or staff that help shelter residents apply for housing, can also be hard to get in touch with, advocates say. “[Shelter residents] don't feel like they're getting the help they need for housing and so they just get up and leave,” said Safety Net Project’s Frazier."