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August 20, 2018
#Plantpower Cooking Hour - DSS Commissioner Banks and Families prepare healthy Meals at New Shelter in Crown Heights

August 09, 2018
Operation Backpack®: Fill Back-to-School Backpacks for Homeless Students

July 11, 2018
Girl Scouts Announce Expansion of Troop 6000 to All Five Boroughs

June 26, 2018
NYC Honors More Than 100 Homeless College-bound High School Graduates

February 26, 2018
De Blasio Administration Announces Progress Ending Use of Cluster Units

January 22, 2018
Thousands of New Yorkers Take Part in Citywide Effort to Survey City's Unsheltered Population

December 21, 2017
De Blasio Administration, City Council, and Advocates to Announce Expansion of Comprehensive Overdose Prevention Programming in City Shelters

October 11, 2017
NY Knicks to Donate New Sport Court to DHS Family Shelter in Queens

September 27, 2017
De Blasio Administration and Win Announce Enhanced Health and Safety Provisions for Drop-Off Childcare at Family Shelters Citywide

September 25, 2017
DSS Commissioner Banks Tours New Safe Haven Facility in Manhattan

September 11, 2017
DHS Administrator Carter Participates in Ribbon Cutting and Dedication Ceremony for New Computer Lab at CAMBA's Flagstone Family Center

September 5, 2017
DHS Administrator Carter Visits Free Soccer Clinic for Girls in Homeless Shelters and Foster Care

August 29, 2017
DSS Commissioner Banks, NYS Assembly Member Moya Announce Phase-Out Plan for Holiday Inn on Horace Harding Expressway

August 9, 2017
Operation Backpack: DSS Commissioner Banks, DHS Administrator Carter Visit School Supply Warehouse, Fill Back-to-School Backpacks for Homeless Students

July 24, 2017
DSS Commissioner Banks and BRC CEO Muzzy Rosenblatt Host Tour of Landing Road Residence Under Construction in the Bronx

July 18, 2017
DSS Commissioner Banks and Breaking Ground Deputy Vice President Tour Recently-Opened Drop-in Center on Atlantic Avenue in Queens and Discuss Citywide Street Outreach Initiatives

July 11, 2017
Girl Scouts to Announce City Investment Expanding Troop 6000

June 28, 2017
NYC Honors More Than 100 Homeless College-Bound High School Graduates

June 14, 2017
Homeless Seniors Perform at Carnegie Hall with the Dallas Street Choir and Dallas' Credo Community Choir

February 3, 2017
HOPE Count Volunteer Training

January 5, 2017
DHS and NYPD to Announce Shelter Security Changes

November 28, 2016
Macy's Herald Square to Welcome Children from NYC Department of Homeless Services Shelters for 66th Annual Operation Happy Children

November 17, 2016
NYC Homeless Services and Council Member Ritchie Torres to Announce New Plans to Address LGBTQ Homelessness

July 12, 2016
Girl Scouts to Reach Out to New York's Homeless Through Operation Cookie

June 20, 2016
City Officials Visit School to Connect Parents to Resources to Prevent Family Homelessness

April 26, 2016
DHS, Brooklyn Public Library, CAMBA, and NYC Service Partner with Scholastic to Bring "Story Play" to Shelters

January 22, 2016
Mayor de Blasio, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Castro, Council Speaker Mark-Viverito, and HRA Commissioner Banks Kick-Off 2016 HOPE Count

March 27, 2015
DHS Commissioner Taylor and Schools' Chancellor Farina Launch Literacy Program in 20 Family Shelters

March 26, 2015
Madison Square Garden's Garden of Dreams Foundation Donates Renovations to Four Family Shelters

March 26, 2015
DHS and Precious Dreams Celebrate Women's History Month with an Event for Homeless Teens

February 5, 2015
DHS' Annual Hope Count

January 9, 2015
DHS Families to "Dream, Believe, and Achieve" at Martinique Hotel