"'Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day' has taken place every December for more than 20 years. The event serves both to remember and mourn those who died, and as a stark reminder of how homelessness is also a health crisis, its organizers say."
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Ending homelessness, one person at a time: An interview with Frederick Shack, CEO of Urban Pathways
"There are more than an estimated 4,100 unhoused persons living on the streets of New York City, according to the most recent federally-mandated Homeless Outreach Population Estim ...
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Urban Pathways CEO, Frederick Shack, named 2024 Nonprofit Power Player
With decades of experience and dedication to combatting homelessness, Fred works tirelessly to create housing opportunities and provide person-centered support services for people ...
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Urban Pathways’ CEO named a member of The Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Collaborative on Housing for Health
This collaborative centralizes efforts to solve the issue of health and homelessness by bringing together key providers of housing for health services in New York City.
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Ex-Adams official leaves Frank Carone’s lobbying shop for nonprofit gig
"Urban Pathways has a long-standing reputation for delivering critical services to those experiencing homelessness, and I look forward to contributing to the organization's missio ...
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Total Wellness at Urban Pathways: Focusing on the Needs of Older Adults
"As many nonprofit agencies have noticed over recent years, the number of people aging in place has significantly increased despite care models remaining the same. In the past yea ...
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ER visits plummet at housing program for vulnerable New Yorkers after nurses are hired
"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 car ...
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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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