In the News

In this moving and detailed story, a West Side Rag reporter rode with our homeless outreach specialists during a snowstorm and also explored life after homelessness with one of our supportive housing residents.

Congressman Jerry Nadler has visited Goddard Riverside faithfully every year since his election to Congress in 1992 – a habit he established previously as a State Assemblyman. His annual forum, organized by our Family Council, has drawn especially big crowds since Donald Trump’s election in 2016. Three newspapers sent reporters to Nadler’s forum on January 25. Washington […]

New York’s Fox and ABC stations, along with Spectrum News NY1, visited our annual Christmas meal. They spoke with guests, volunteers and Goddard Riverside employees about the importance of addressing hunger and loneliness during holiday time. Watch NY1’s story here .

Gotham Gazette covered an all-star panel hosted by Center for an Urban Future, which included Judith Lorimer, director of our Options Center. The topics discussed included creating a college culture for New York City youth and developing support networks to help them successfully complete higher education. Read the story here. 

Our  Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team helps people with severe mental illness achieve stability and live fulfilling lives in the community. The team includes psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and case managers, who visit clients in their homes. Columnist Mark Chiusano of AM New York rode along with the ACT Team and wrote about their work. 

The Goddard Riverside Law Project partnered with other legal aid organizations to successfully defend a rent freeze for more than a million rent-stabilized tenants, after landlords sued for the right to raise rents. Politico and the New York Post were among the news organizations who quoted the Law Project’s Matthew Longobardi in their coverage. Politico: Judge sides with […]

Reporter Stacey Delikat talked to guests, volunteers and staff about the spirit of community that powers our annual Christmas meal. Watch the story here.

Scott Rapoport of CBS New York did a beautiful story about our annual communitywide Thanksgiving meal, interviewing guests, staff and volunteers about the roots of this holiday tradition and why it is more important now than ever.  "The need is very, very great. You know one in four children is going to bed hungry every […]

John Maher of Publishers Weekly chronicles the historic partnership between the publishing industry and Goddard Riverside. Publishers and booksellers have worked hand-in-hand with us for three decades to support our street outreach, housing and anti-poverty programs. 

The Goddard Riverside Law Project has moved to block illegal short-term rentals at the Imperial Court, a rent-stabilized Single Room Occupancy building on the Upper West Side. Residents say the rental of dozens of rooms to tourists leads to long waits for the elevator, linen carts blocking the hallways, overcrowding, noise and rowdy behavior at all […]