New Jersey 101.5 » Homeless http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sun, 19 May 2013 11:59:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Judge Orders Help for NJ Tent City Residents http://nj1015.com/judge-orders-help-for-nj-tent-city-residents/ http://nj1015.com/judge-orders-help-for-nj-tent-city-residents/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:05:02 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=241615 Residents of a New Jersey homeless encampment will not be evicted from their tents in the woods without being offered indoor housing for at least a year under terms of an agreement reached Friday.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/judge-orders-help-for-nj-tent-city-residents/feed/ 0 Tent City hearing (TheLakewoodScoop.com) Helping New Jersey's Homeless http://nj1015.com/helping-new-jerseys-homeless/ http://nj1015.com/helping-new-jerseys-homeless/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:03:05 +0000 David Matthau http://nj1015.com/?p=241555 New Jersey has been awarded more than $24 million by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care program to help support hundreds of homeless projects.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/helping-new-jerseys-homeless/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images NJ Man Gets 3 Years in YouTube Beating of Homeless Man David Ivins http://nj1015.com/nj-man-gets-3-years-in-youtube-beating-of-homeless-man-david-ivins/ http://nj1015.com/nj-man-gets-3-years-in-youtube-beating-of-homeless-man-david-ivins/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:11:18 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=236388 A New Jersey man captured on video beating a homeless man days before Christmas in 2011 has been sentenced to three years in prison.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/nj-man-gets-3-years-in-youtube-beating-of-homeless-man-david-ivins/feed/ 0 Taylor Giresi attacks a homeless Belmar man (Facebook photo via Support for David Ivins page) Lakewood Tent City Not Being Shut Down This Week [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/lakewood-tent-city-not-being-shut-down-this-week-audio/ http://nj1015.com/lakewood-tent-city-not-being-shut-down-this-week-audio/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:49:48 +0000 Rosetta Key http://nj1015.com/?p=226211 Just a formality. That's what Lakewood Mayor Al Akerman is calling violations ordering a so-called Tent City to remove all its tents and wood-burning stoves by today.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/lakewood-tent-city-not-being-shut-down-this-week-audio/feed/ 0 Lakewood's Tent City (Facebook) How Is Jersey Taking The Cold Snap? [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/how-is-jersey-taking-the-cold-snap-audio/ http://nj1015.com/how-is-jersey-taking-the-cold-snap-audio/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:16:02 +0000 Jason Allentoff http://nj1015.com/?p=220531 Bitter Arctic air continues to plague the Garden State with unbearable temperatures. Just think - just six months ago, we were all complaining about 90 degree weather and a series of heatwaves during the Summer season. Now, it's a total 180.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/how-is-jersey-taking-the-cold-snap-audio/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images What Impact Did Sandy Have On NJ's Homeless? [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/what-impact-did-sandy-have-on-njs-homeless-audio/ http://nj1015.com/what-impact-did-sandy-have-on-njs-homeless-audio/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:41:42 +0000 Kelly Waldron http://nj1015.com/?p=200652 Every year, nearly 30,000 New Jerseyans find themselves homeless. In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, many others were forced from their homes and into shelters and hotel rooms.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/what-impact-did-sandy-have-on-njs-homeless-audio/feed/ 0 NYPD officer giving a homeless man a new pair of boots (Facebook photo via NYPD's Facebook page) Homeless Guy Given Boots by Cop Shoeless Again – Would You Give to a Homeless Person? [POLL] http://nj1015.com/homeless-guy-given-boots-by-cop-shoeless-again-would-you-give-to-a-homeless-person-poll/ http://nj1015.com/homeless-guy-given-boots-by-cop-shoeless-again-would-you-give-to-a-homeless-person-poll/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:14:57 +0000 Ray Rossi http://nj1015.com/?p=200996 I won’t fault Officer Larry DePrimo for seemingly doing the right thing and giving a barefoot homeless man a pair of boots on a cold night in Manhattan recently.

How many times have you seen a homeless person wandering around and have said to yourself, “…there but for the grace of God go I!”

But then reason takes hold, and you think that perhaps that “donation” you’re about to make will be for naught

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]]> http://nj1015.com/homeless-guy-given-boots-by-cop-shoeless-again-would-you-give-to-a-homeless-person-poll/feed/ 0 NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo gives Jeffrey Hillman a pair of boots (Facebook) Doctors Bring Supplies For Homeless at Lakewood Camp http://nj1015.com/doctors-bring-supplies-for-homeless-at-lakewood-camp/ http://nj1015.com/doctors-bring-supplies-for-homeless-at-lakewood-camp/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:56:01 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=185096 Representatives of two medical groups have donated winter clothing, medicine and supplies to residents of Tent City, a homeless encampment in the woods of Lakewood.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/doctors-bring-supplies-for-homeless-at-lakewood-camp/feed/ 0 Proposed Anti-Greyhound Therapy Legislation Good First Step For AC Rescue Mission [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/proposed-anti-greyhound-therapy-legislation-good-first-step-for-ac-rescue-mission-audio/ http://nj1015.com/proposed-anti-greyhound-therapy-legislation-good-first-step-for-ac-rescue-mission-audio/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:12:20 +0000 Ilya Hemlin http://nj1015.com/?p=149343 Proposed legislation to end the practice of "Greyhound Therapy" - where counties/municipalities put their homeless on a bus and send them blindly to Atlantic County- is being considered a positive first step by members of the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, however it's only the begging of a much larger conversation.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/proposed-anti-greyhound-therapy-legislation-good-first-step-for-ac-rescue-mission-audio/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Lawmakers Look To Ease Atlantic City's Homeless Burden [AUDIO] http://nj1015.com/lawmakers-look-to-ease-atlantic-citys-homeless-burden/ http://nj1015.com/lawmakers-look-to-ease-atlantic-citys-homeless-burden/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:47 +0000 Ilya Hemlin http://nj1015.com/?p=148189 "We want to help the homeless out, we just don't want to be a dumping ground."

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]]> http://nj1015.com/lawmakers-look-to-ease-atlantic-citys-homeless-burden/feed/ 0 Assemblyman John Amodeo and Assemblyman Jon Bramnick Speaking on Atlantic City's Boardwalk About Sponsored Legislation To Curtail Homeless Residents Being Sent To Atlantic City From Other Counties (Ilya Hemlin, Townsquare Media)