"Between 2022 and 2023, avoidable emergency room visits for Urban Pathways sites with the health program dropped from 102 to 50. And now 93% of residents are receiving primary care, compared to 72% at sites without the program, according to the nonprofit."
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Opinion: It’s Time We Acknowledge the Violence Endured by People Experiencing Homelessness
“Living without a home—a reality we’ve both faced—has shown us that the unhoused are often viewed not as people but as easy targets for acts of cruelty. The rampant crimin ...
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Will NYC Make it Easier to Find a Home After Jail?
“When [people] have no place to go and they’re looking at either the streets or shelter, that’s stress on them, a very heavy stress,” Herrera said. “For me it eased my m ...
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A year after Jordan Neely’s death, a push to make attacking NY’s homeless a hate crime
Advocates are pushing for the Homeless Protection Act in New York, aiming to classify crimes against homeless individuals as hate crimes, granting them protected status akin to ra ...
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Union Settlement’s Darlene Williams and Urban Pathways’ Frederick Shack appointed to co-chair new nonprofit advisory council
The CEOs will help lead a group represented by more than two dozen organizations to better connect city government with the nonprofit sector.
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Urban Pathways CEO to serve as Co-Chair of New York City’s First-Ever Nonprofit Advisory Council
"This mandate to improve services to New Yorkers through our partnership is a significant step forward, and we look forward to the positive impact this collaboration will have on ...
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Mayor Adams Boosts Pay for 80,000 Human Services Workers
“We applaud Mayor Adams and his administration for their willingness to recognize the essential contributions of our workforce,” said Frederick Shack, chief executive officer, ...
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Six Ways to Give Back this Holiday Season
Urban Pathways has helped homeless New Yorkers who live with mental illness or substance abuse disorders.
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‘A Failure of Our Policies’: Vigil Honors New Yorkers Who Experienced Homelessness
“Let us keep in front of mind that these were people who had hopes, dreams and stories,” said George Nashak, CEO of Care for the Homeless.
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Across the US, friends and advocates remember homeless Americans who died this year
About 200 attended a remembrance event in New York City.
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Nonprofit Power Players
Frederick Shack serves as chief executive officer of Urban Pathways, one of New York City’s leading providers of services to adults experiencing homelessness or housing insecuri ...
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The 2023 Nonprofit Power 100
The leaders of New York’s top social services providers, legal aid organizations, foundations and more.
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NYC Council says mayor’s office has done an ‘inadequate job’ aiding food stamp applicants
Members of the New York City Council skewered Adams administration officials on Wednesday for what they said was a failure to address ongoing delays in processing food stamp and c ...
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