Dave Giffen
@GiffenDave
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Executive Director @NYHomeless
New York, NY
Joined January 2020
RT @NYHomeless: "Without addressing the housing crisis and mental health service gaps, we’re merely putting band-aids on a systemic wound."…
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RT @NYHomeless: Our Executive Director @GiffenDave contributed to @nytimes 40 Big Ideas to Make New York City More Affordable. Check out al…
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RT @NYHomeless: Read our full statement in response to @GovKathyHochul's remarks on homelessness during State of the State address: https:/…
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RT @NYHomeless: “There’s been a lot of attention now on how to involuntarily remove more people from the streets, which is really a backass…
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RT @NYHomeless: .@GiffenDave continued, saying the Mayor is focused on "alarming incidents that make headlines,” rather than “meaningfully…
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RT @NYHomeless: “We look to @NYCMayor and @GovKathyHochul to follow these common-sense recommendations. As our elected leaders, it is their…
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RT @NYHomeless: "When these horrible incidents happen and homeless people are victimized or in the rare instance that they are the perpetra…
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RT @NYHomeless: “It’s OK to ask somebody their name,” said @GiffenDave of CFTH, adding that “we can’t forget our humanity as a city.” “The…
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RT @NYHomeless: In its nearly 40 years of operation, the Grand Central Food Program has never missed a night. We’ve provided meals and othe…
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RT @NYHomeless: Earlier this week, we launched the Children’s Tree in Union Square with the help of Arnold NY advertising. Join us in watch…
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RT @NYHomeless: Our Executive Director @GiffenDave talks with Morning Edition on @WNYC. If you are interested in more ways to help, go to o…
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RT @NYHomeless: We still need thousands more toys. This is your chance to spread kindness this giving season and make sure as many homeless…
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"There are people in the city who need care, who need housing, who are not getting care, who are not getting housing, and if the answer to this is that it's open season on anybody who is in crisis, then our city has sunk to a level of inhumanity that I find appalling.”
In NYC, cheers and jeers greet the verdict of the Daniel Penny subway chokehold case
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RT @NYHomeless: “Jordan...became the victim of…Daniel Penny’s outrageous and unacceptable vigilantism and of our City’s and State’s failure…
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RT @NYHomeless: ***Sad and absurd. Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director David Giffen issued the following statement in response to…
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RT @NYHomeless: Today is Right to Shelter day - a day when we recognize the legal protections that have changed the lives of over 1M NYers.…
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RT @NYHomeless: Thank you @PoliticsNYnews and @amNewYork for recognizing our Executive Director, @GiffenDave for his extraordinary leadersh…
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RT @NYHomeless: Giving Tuesday is here! Give a toy and brighten up the holiday season for one of the 46,000 children living in city shelter…
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RT @NYHomeless: Far too many youth in NYC are without safe and stable homes, which left unaddressed inevitably leads to more severe long te…
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RT @NYHomeless: The number of NYC public school students experiencing homelessness reached a record high of 146,000, representing 1 in ever…
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