Mirela Iverac

When the mayor releases his executive budget on Thursday, it's expected to include funds to reduce the homeless shelter population.

The de Blasio administration is dismantling a core program at the center of decades of welfare reform.

The de Blasio administration has spent $11 million on a new operations center to reduce the number of people living in homeless shelters.

Homelessness has increased since Mayor de Blasio took office, but a new report from the Coalition for the Homeless says the tide is starting to turn.

A new report from the Department of Investigation cites rats, vermin and other filth in New York City's shelter system.

A lawsuit seeks to redefine physician-assisted suicide in New York as supporters predict an uncertain path for legislation.

WNYC's Mirela Iverac went on a midnight run with outreach workers looking for homeless people living on the street in the bitter cold.

All weekend, the city has used a cold weather emergency procedure to get homeless New Yorkers off the streets and into shelters.

Immigrant New Yorkers in need of legal assistance are getting rights and protections under a new state law.

Jews in France felt nervous long before the recent attacks in Paris. Many have already left, not just for Israel but also Manhattan.

New York officially launched its first municipal identification program Monday.

New York City's card— designed not to stigmatize immigrants — is the largest program of its kind in the country. It will provide access to major cultural institutions across the city.

New York City is expected to launch a municipal identification card program — the biggest in the country — on Monday.

The mayor inherited an unprecedented homelessness crisis, and he promised drastic change. But 2014 has mainly been about preventing the existing system from buckling under the strain.

Back in 2009, Robert Guzman lived in the Bronx with his wife and young son. He had a good job in advertising and paid his rent on time — until he made a discovery.

"There were rats coming up from the basement — I lived on the first floor," he ...

Scammers are increasingly targeting immigrant New Yorkers without legal status who will apply for President Obama’s executive action.

Democratic Mayors from across the country are coordinating their efforts to ensure rapid implementation of President Obama’s executive action on immigration.

Fewer New Yorkers are receiving food stamp benefits and are increasingly turning to food pantries and soup kitchens, according to the 2014 annual hunger survey.

Obama defended the legality of his actions and challenged the GOP to focus their actions on approving long-stalled legislation to take its place.

The de Blasio administration is planning a citywide campaign to help city residents take advantage of the new programs President Obama will announce Thursday.