Corinne Low is the co-founder and executive director of Open Hearts Initiative, a local volunteer organization. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Activists Back ‘Safe Havens’ For Homeless After Shootings In a flurry of snow and freezing temperatures last weekend, activists huddled together in Downtown Manhattan near the site... News 18 Mar 2022 | 11:07
Corinne Low (center, in black) hosting an UWS Open Hearts Initiative send-off event outside of the Lucerne the night before the move. Photo: Wendy Strauss After the Lucerne The end of June ushered in a “bittersweet” farewell when roughly 60 men experiencing homelessness were transported by bus... News 01 Jul 2021 | 03:02
Screenshot of Shams DaBaron, “Da Homeless Hero,” at the mayoral forum on the homeless crisis. Homeless Get a Seat at the Table The significance of Thursday night’s mayoral forum on the city’s homeless crisis was not lost on local activist Shams DaBaron.... News 06 Feb 2021 | 03:28
Upper West Side Open Hearts Initiative rallied outside the Lucerne on Sunday, Nov. 29, demanding that the city halt the move. Advocates drew stick figures to represent the 5,500 New Yorkers still in congregate shelters. Photo: Upper West Side Open Hearts Lucerne Ruling: Residents to Move Out A judge freed the de Blasio administration last week to move 240 men from the Lucerne Hotel, where they sheltered from the... Home 25 Nov 2020 | 03:21