In this episode, the Storytellers take a look at the issues of the NYC shelter system, the policing and criminalization of poor and unhoused people, and the policies that keep them homeless. 

Hosts: Astra, Fatumata, Ivory, and Teanna

References:

1. Citizens Budget Commission (March 18, 2022). Six Facts about the NYPD’s Preliminary FY2023 Budget. Retrieved from https://cbcny.org/research/six-fast-facts-about-nypds-preliminary-fy2023-budget  
2. Currents News (March 30, 2022). NYC Mayor Eric Adam’s Plan to Tackle Homelessness Includes Removing Encampments.  Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb9_ubgzVLw 
3. Jeanmarie Everlly and David Brand (June 14, 2022). Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Dollar Budget Addresses Homelessness. Retrieved from CityLimits https://citylimits.org/2022/06/14/heres-how-nycs-101-billion-budget-addresses-homelessness/#:~:text=The%20budget%20reduces%20spending%20for,in%20federal%20COVID%2Drelated%20funding. 
4. Guillet, Sarah (May 2018). No Admittance to Paradise: When Haitians Lose their Land to Tourism Development
5. Fox 5 New York (April 6, 2022). Homeless Encampments Sweep in East Village Ends in Arrests. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaHjk_UlLD4 
6. Fusion (August 9, 2016). Hundreds of Brazilian Evicted for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8SqeqEvaE 
7. Number of Homeless People in NYC Shelter each Night. Retrieved from Coalition for the Homeless https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/facts-about-homelessness/ 
8. Suhail Bhat and Josefa Velasquez (January 30, 2022). Three and Four Family Shelter Applications Rejected in 2021.  Retrieved from The City https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/1/30/22909663/family-shelter-applications-rejected 
9. The Real Deal (March 8, 2021). Manhattan Landlords Warehousing Unites in Down Market. Retrieved from https://therealdeal.com/2021/03/08/manhattan-landlords-warehousing-units-in-down-market/ 
10. The tweet referenced at minute 32:38 is by @TheCosby  

Producer/Editor: Sarah Guillet.
Project coordinators: Sarah Guillet & Krysten Washington.
Audio Engineer: SoulMarcos Production

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