When July Homeless Rights Month was first commemorated in 2021, nobody could have foreseen the trials and tribulations that unhoused New Yorkers would be facing just one year later.
A litany of human rights organizations such as Open Hearts Initiative, Housing Works, VOCAL-NY, and more joined those who have experienced homelessness on July 17 at Carl Schulz Park, at 86th and East End Avenue, steps away from Gracie Mansion, to denounce what has been a trying year for the city’s less fortunate.
