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Ktown For All @ktownforall.org · 10/04/2026

One of our volunteers advocated for more trash cans. The nearby encampment wasn't getting enough trash pickup for its own needs, let alone for the illegal dumping it was getting. The city councilmember added several trash cans, a simple, cost-effective alternative to pricey, ineffective sweeps.

A woman crouching on a sidewalk in front of two mesh metal trash cans that are chained to a utility pole outside a gas station parking lot.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌 Apply here: ideali.st/Zp6FaW SNP’s Supervising Attorneys provide supervision and support to SNP’s Staff Attorneys and Paralegals in its landlord/tenant practice, while also maintaining a reduced litigation practice. Salary: $99,272.03-$121,974.79.

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Open Hearts Initiative @openheartsnyc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Want to see real solutions to homelessness rather than approaches that aim to put folks out of sight, out of mind? Use our action guide (linked below) to call your Council Member! openheartsinitiative.org/events/solut...

Two protestors smile in a selfie at the back of the rally.

Giant letter to the mayor asking him to stop the sweeps.

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Open Hearts Initiative @openheartsnyc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

After promising to stop sweeps, which destabilize and traumatize homeless neighbors, the mayor went back on his word. By sharing their stories, homeless and formerly homeless New Yorkers highlighted the flawed policy and offered sustainable alternatives to get folks housed.

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Open Hearts Initiative @openheartsnyc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Last week, OHI staff and volunteers joined @safetynetujc.bsky.social at their “Solutions, Not Sweeps” rally.

A poster leans against the metal fence outside City Hall. Brooms lean against the poster.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

STATEMENT ON THE MAMDANI ADMINISTRATION’S BROKEN PROMISE & REFUSAL TO IMPLEMENT THE CITYFHEPS EXPANSION LAWS Three years after these laws passed, the administration still refuses to act, while eviction and homelessness continue. This is a political choice. 📢 Share & demand accountability

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌 Apply: ideali.st/AFmhBN SNP seeks housing staff attorneys who are looking for a creative & non-traditional environment, working with passionate & dedicated advocates in the fight against gentrification, displacement & racist housing systems. Salary $78,679.46-$101,782.70

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🧵Today the City restarted homeless sweeps...And today our members posted their own notice on the gates of City Hall to sweep this cruel & ineffective policy out of NYC once and for all! @NYCMayor #SolutionsNotSweeps will house the homeless #StopTheSweepsNYC

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌 Apply here: ideali.st/dAzSoT The Benefits Advocate would join SNP’s Benefits & Homeless Advocacy Unit, which provides legal & social services to NYers facing issues accessing public benefits & NYers who are homeless & does organizing and policy work on these issues.

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National Homelessness Law Center @homelesslaw.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Yesterday, we proudly stood with homeless New Yorkers alongside Urban Justice Center to protest the Adams admin's cruel sweeps policies. We're hopeful for the incoming Mamdani admin's proposed Department of Community Safety, which would shift police away from homelessness policy. buff.ly/CKrlbJi

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Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps

City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.

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Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams @advocate.nyc.gov · 04/12/2025

Sweeps do not solve homelessness; instead, they destabilize and retraumatize New Yorkers who already face enormous barriers. Today, Deputy Public Advocate for Housing Equity Julissa Gonzalez joined advocates with lived experience to demand NYC stop the sweeps and adopt a housing-first approach.

Deputy Public Advocate Gonzalez, dressed for the cold, speaks forcefully at a rally outside of City Hall. Advocates hold posters with messages like "Housing is a human right"

An advocate speaks behind a banner reading "Stop the abuse; house the homeless." Other signs read "Housing not handcuffs" and "Stop the Sweeps". City Hall is visible behind them

Advocates smile and pose together, holding signs reading "Housing is a human right"

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Cozca @cozca.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Sweeps do actually kill people. I watched it happen to houseless neighbors of mine. 5 years our neighborhood had zero issues. Each sweep they became more and more worn down. Homeless Deaths Quadrupled — ProPublica share.google/c8RPXDH0D3mH...

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Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.

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Office of NYC Comptroller Mark Levine @nyccomptroller.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Two years ago, our office found that Mayor Adams' homeless sweeps were, by every measure, an abject failure. Proven policies that secure stable housing & services will actually help unhoused New Yorkers, not just cycle them in & out of our streets and subways. comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/com...

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Comptroller Audit Found that Only 3 People Secured Permanent Housing Out of 2,308 Caught in Mayor Adams’ Homeless Sweeps

New York, NY— New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released an audit of NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS)’s role in the Adams Administration’s sweeps of homeless encampment sites between Marc...

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Our statement in response to incoming Mayor Mamdani's commitment to end sweeps and focus on the solution: housing No More Sweeps: We Need Housing!

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VOCAL-NY (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) @vocal-ny.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Arresting or fining people who can’t afford housing is cruel AND ineffective. It does nothing to solve homelessness, OR to decrease the number of ppl sleeping on trains. This is @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social promising NYers REAL SOLUTIONS! This is what leadership and good governance looks like

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 05/12/2025

NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...

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Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps

City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We slept out overnight in protest of the City’s cruel homeless sweeps. Come join us to say we need a new day for homeless New Yorkers. No more sweeps, we need housing! We'll gather at 9:30 and press conference starts at 10 #NoMoreSweeps

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

NO MORE CRUMBS! Food, housing & healthcare for all. Register & More Details: bit.ly/NOmoreCRUMBS 📅 FRI 11/21 · 3 PM 📍 Columbus Circle (B’way & 61st) March with everyday New Yorkers ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏻 from Trump Int’l Hotel to Gov. Hochul’s NYC office.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

New Yorkers are going hungry this month. We need your help! The feds say that partial SNAP benefits will be released, NYS usually takes weeks to process & the feds say it will only pay 50% of benefits for Nov, meaning people will be food-insecure for most of the month. bit.ly/47DCfWl

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🚨 SNAP ALERT 🚨 New ABAWD work rules now in effect for some SNAP recipients Required if you're 18–64 & don’t live with a child under 14, 80 hrs/month of work, program, or volunteering. Miss 3 months = benefits cut Check ACCESS HRA for a “Work Activities Notice” For more: 646-923-8358 (Thurs 1 PM)

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Join us today to save SNAP, say NO to rushed, harmful, punitive work requirements, and call on President Trump to release the money for November SNAP benefits NOW! Allowing people to go hungry for political gain is abhorrent. Hungry people should never be used as pawns. #SaveSNAP #FoodJusticeNow

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌 Apply here: bit.ly/4hqRnuJ SNP’s Supervising Attorneys provide supervision & support to Staff Attorneys & Paralegals in its landlord/tenant practice, while also maintaining a reduced litigation practice. Annual salary range is $99,272.03 - $121,974.79.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌 Apply today! bit.ly/4nzfiKJ We are seeking a Housing Director who is looking for a creative & non-traditional environment, working w passionate & dedicated advocates in the fight against gentrification, displacement & racist housing systems. Annual salary: $115,357-$140,168.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

SAVE THE SAFE HAVENS! Join us: Tues. Oct. 7, 9am 111 Centre Street, New York, NY The City & Dept. of Homeless Services are restricting access to safe havens & stabilization beds for unhoused people. Join us to show the City & courts this rule is unjust! @vocal-ny.bsky.social

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

NYC has 5,000 vacant supportive housing units sitting empty while thousands are street homeless. We could use every single one of those to house people now. Instead, @nycdhs.bsky.social spends millions doing sweeps attacking homeless people #StopTheSweeps #HouseTheHomeless shorturl.at/qYiKc

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To fill empty apartments for homeless people, NYC will first start tracking them

More than 5,000 units of supportive housing were vacant in June, officials said.

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New York City Council @council.nyc.gov · 10/07/2025

The State Appellate Division has affirmed what we’ve always known: the Council has the authority to act on behalf of New Yorkers in crisis. The mayor must stop obstructing CityFHEPS reforms that will allow people to stay in their homes and find permanent, stable housing.

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New York City Council @council.nyc.gov · 10/07/2025

Read our full statement on the court’s ruling on the CityFHEPS reform laws: council.nyc.gov/press/2025/0...

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Statement from a New York City Council Spokesperson on the State Appellate Division Ruling on CityFHEPS Reform Laws

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VOCAL-NY (Voices of Community Activists and Leaders) @vocal-ny.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Some good news for NYC CityFHEPS Voucher holders! “This is the time for us to engage in implementation, and talk about who are the populations that we’re serving,” Abreu said. “Instead of just saying simply ‘no,’ we can provide support.” citylimits.org/mayor-must-i...

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Today’s ruling is a well-deserved win for homeless NYers who fought for the CityFHEPS Laws. It’s been 2 years since they passed, and thousands have been evicted and have remained stuck in shelters because of Mayor Adams. It's time for him to reverse course before more harm is done

We applaud today’s ruling which is a well-deserved win for New Yorkers, the City Council, and every single homeless and formerly homeless person who fought for the CityFHEPS Laws to pass, only to see the Mayor ignore them. While the City states it doesn’t want to spend money on CityFHEPS, we know that it costs far more to house someone in shelter than it costs to house someone in an apartment, with the City spending as much as $10,000 / month for someone to be in shelter.

Mayor Adams tried to use every excuse not to help people who are homeless and facing eviction. As a result, it’s been two years since the Laws passed, and tens of thousands of people have been evicted and have remained stuck in shelters and on the streets because of the Mayor. Irreparable damage has been done and these people cannot get back what they lost. Those evictions and years of unnecessary homelessness are on the Mayors’ hands. Now is the Mayor’s chance to be accountable, take responsibility, and do the right thing by implementing the CityFHEPS Laws. It's time for him to reverse course before more lives are destroyed and more harm is done.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Safety Net Activists and Safety Net Project are putting together a second town hall from the series "Stop The Cuts!". Next Wednesday we will talk about the federal cuts to the housing programs (Section 8, NYCHA - Section 9, EHV etc.).

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

📍The Bronx is the epicenter of NYC’s housing crisis. 8 of the 10 highest-risk districts are located in the Bronx. And nearly every Bronx community ranks in the top 30 for housing threats citywide. It’s time for the NYC Council to fully fund CHPS at $4.95M in FY26! #CHPS #SupportCHPS

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Last week, Safety Net Activists member Diana Ramos joined other SNAP recipients, @epicprivacy.bsky.social, & @mazonusa.bsky.social in suing Trump's USDA for their illegal demands for states & vendors to turn over personal info about millions of SNAP recipients www.defendstudents.org/news/usda-su...

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USDA Sued for Illegally Demanding the Personal Information of Millions of SNAP Recipients From States

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Join us tomorrow to learn about Trump and Congress's massive proposed cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, housing and more and how *you* can fight back! Join us at 40 Rector St or on zoom Register here: bit.ly/TownHallCuts25

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

As part of the Homes Can't Wait Coalition, we urge Mayor Adams and the NYC Council to invest in and expand access to CityFHEPS in this year's budget.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

📌 New Job Vacancy 📌 Apply today! bit.ly/3ELAw6S SNP’s Practice Manager or Managing Attorney works with SNP’s Housing Director to develop, implement and oversee SNP’s systems for practice management, intake, grants and contract compliance, and data management.

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

📢New Job Vacancy SNP’s Homeless Litigation Supervising Attorney is a movement lawyering role that works w/organizers & members to bring impact litigation & provide legal services that advance & protect the rights of homeless NYers & benefits recipients. bit.ly/43EoOFo

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Thousands out in NYC today to demand that DOGE… STOP THE CUTS!

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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives. Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions. Congress: #StopTheCuts!

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

There's housing crises everywhere, but Eric Adams doesn't care! Tell Mayor Adams that he needs to stop withholding CityFHEPS housing vouchers from people facing eviction and in shelters! Come join us! #HomesCantWait

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Our statement on @GovKathyHochul announcements on subway policing and forced hospitalizations. More police & forced hospitalizations that put NYers at risk of violence and violation of their rights is not the answer. Housing is a human right, and HOUSING ends homelessness

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Safety Net Project @safetynetujc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Yesterday in front of Gov. Hochul's office in NYC our member, Diana Ramos, gave a fierce speech on the importance of the increase of Cash Assistance by 100% for everyone.

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