Executive Director @NYHomeless
New York, NY
Joined January 2020
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Our new report, State of the Homeless: Nowhere to Go is out now. Check it out.
State of the Homeless 2025 is out. The NYC shelter census surged by ~12% in 2024, with affordable housing vacancy rates at a record low. Read how political theater has replaced real solutions, leaving tens of thousands with nowhere to go. Read More: coalitionforthehomeless.org/…
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We are proud to see our Executive Director, @GiffenDave, recognized by @PoliticsNYnews and @amNewYork for his outstanding work in the New York's nonprofit sector. politicsny.com/power-lists/2…
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Our Holiday Toy Drive for 2025 is on now! Let’s spread the joy this season with something as simple as a gift for a child in need. Your gift – whether it’s a stuffed animal, a book, or a game – isn’t just a toy. It’s proof that someone cares. coalitionforthehomeless.org/…
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We are in a housing crisis, not a homelessness crisis. @NYHomeless Executive Director @GiffenDave speaks with @nytimes. nytimes.com/2025/09/23/nyreg…
ALT A graphic that reads "“When people are involuntarily hospitalized, they’re brought in, maybe stabilized, and they end up right back out on the streets. People who are homeless are not criminal.” Dave Giffen, Executive Director Coalition for the homeless".
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My wife in the Daily News today!
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Tune in to @CBSEveningNews tonight to watch “Eye on America” on the Coalition's Camp Homeward Bound!
ALT An outdoor wooded setting, a person is being interviewed by a journalist, surrounded by production staff.
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"For the past 4 decades, the camp, which is run by the nonprofit Coalition for the Homeless, has provided refuge to 1000s of the youngest residents of the city’s homeless shelters”. @SarahMaslinNir and @moniquejaques visited Camp Homeward Bound this year. nytimes.com/card/2025/08/05/…
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The Hidden Victims of New York’s Worsening Housing Crisis. “It’s the dirty little secret of the housing crisis in New York City,” said @GiffenDave, Executive Director of @NYHomeless speaks with @SarahMaslinNir. “Nobody calls them homeless, but they are.” nytimes.com/2025/07/26/nyreg…
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SAVE THE DATE: ARTWALK NY 2025, to benefit @nyhomeless, will be held on Tuesday November 4th, at The Grill | The Pool. This year’s event features cocktails, auction, and dinner. artwalkny.org
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“ People have nowhere to go because there just has not been any serious investment in affordable housing for the people who need it,” said @GiffenDave, Exec. Dir, for @nyhomeless. "There is simply no place for low-income New Yorkers to live."
‘Nowhere to go’: More New Yorkers are entering city homeless shelters, report says
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State of the Homeless 2025 is out. The NYC shelter census surged by ~12% in 2024, with affordable housing vacancy rates at a record low. Read how political theater has replaced real solutions, leaving tens of thousands with nowhere to go. Read More: coalitionforthehomeless.org/…
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Tune into @ny1 tonight, 7pm, for a panel discussion with @errollouis and CFTH Executive Director, @GiffenDave, talking about how to actually help homeless NYers with mental illness.
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We dive a little deeper in @giffendave's op-ed "Really aiding those with mental illness" published in @nydailynews this week. nydailynews.com/2025/04/01/r…
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Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director @GiffenDave pens an op-ed in @NYDailyNews, addressing what really WILL help those experiencing mental illness. nydailynews.com/2025/04/01/r…
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Experts are urging all mayoral candidates to make ending homelessness a central campaign issue and to adopt the plan’s recommendations, which fall into four primary categories. coalitionforthehomeless.org/…
ALT A graphic that reads "Housing is the Solution: A Plan to End Mass Homelessness in NYC. A comprehensive plan for the next mayor to end mass homelessness in NYC." Below are illustrations; one of an apartment building with text that reads "more affordable housing", to the right is a family with two children and below reads "prioritize homeless households", to the right is an open door and below reads "prevent evictions", and furtherest to the right is an illustration of two people, with their arms around each other and below text reads "mental health care and housing".
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“Why in God’s name would you put a policy in place that is going to result in the highest needs individuals, those that are having difficulties in adhering to these new policies, being sanctioned out of shelters," asked @giffendave, CFTH Dep. Exec. Dir. thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/stree…
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Sweeps do nothing more than punish people for being homeless. $3.5 million and hundreds of personnel hours wasted on this idiotic, counterproductive, and inhumane policy that only makes life harder for people struggling to survive and get back on their feet. 2/
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*** @LegalAidNYC, Coalition for the Homeless release statement regarding criminal subpoenas. Read the full statement here: coalitionforthehomeless.org/…
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“The last thing anyone...wants to see is more people relegated to sleeping on our streets. The City continues to assure us they have enough beds...but we’re monitoring the situation very closely,” CFTH Exec. Dir. @GiffenDave told @CityLimitsNews. citylimits.org/2025/02/28/ci…