Media inquiries: Gabriela Sandoval Requena, gsrequena@newdestinyhousing.org, (646) 877.7676

New Destiny in the News

• City Limits – December 18, 2025 “Opinion: Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors Means Investing in Their Housing,” opinion written by Nicole, a member of New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project
• WAMC Northeast Public Radio – December 17, 2025 “Advocates and lawmakers urge Governor Hochul to sign bill protecting abuse survivors from coerced debt,” includes quotes from Nicole, a member of New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project
• CBS 6 Albany – December 8, 2025 “‘The biggest gift’ domestic violence survivor says rapid rehousing saved her life”
• CBS 6 Albany – November 25, 2025 “Letitia James sues Trump Administration to protect housing for vulnerable New Yorkers,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Vice President of External Affairs
• Pressroom, Governor Kathy Hochul – November 25, 2025 “Governor Hochul Announces $125 Million Awarded to Create Homeless Housing Across New York State”
  •  New York YIMBY – November 27, 2025 “New York State Announces Awards for Affordable Housing In Brooklyn And Manhattan”
  • BK Reader – November 30, 2025 “Brooklyn Scores Major Investment For Supportive Housing”
• City Limits – November 12, 2025 “TUNE IN 11/13: How The Next Administration Can Support Families Experiencing Housing Instability,” mentions Gina Cappuccitti, Senior Director of Housing Access and Stability Services
• ABC News – November 6. 2025 “Some SNAP recipients say they have to choose between rent and food amid halt in benefits”
• New Destiny Housing – October 29, 2025 “Aftercare Services Give Domestic Violence Survivors a Real Chance at Safety, Stability, and Healing”
• Spectrum Noticias NY1 – October 28, 2025 “Impulsan en el Concejo de NY ley que vincule la violencia doméstica con las lesiones cerebrales,” incluye citas de Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Vice President of External Affairs
• New York Real Estate Journal – October 28, 2025 “New Destiny Housing begins build on McLean Place – 72 supportive housing units”
• FJC – October 6, 2025 “FJC Launches Matching Fund to Develop Hundreds of Affordable Housing Units in New York City”
  • Affordable Housing Finance – October 15, 2025 “Matching Loan Fund to Help NYC Nonprofits Develop Housing”
• National Low Income Housing Coalition – September 25, 2025 “16-2 Impacts of an Emergency Housing Voucher”
• CBS News – September 12, 2025 “Study: Higher risk of heart disease for women who were stalked, obtained restraining orders,” includes quotes from a New Destiny Survivor Voices Project member
• September 9, 2025: New Destiny Housing broke ground on McLean Place, a 72-unit supportive housing development in The Bronx.
  • New Destiny Housing “New Destiny and City and State Officials Break Ground on New Bronx Supportive Housing Development”
  • Bronx Times “New Destiny Housing breaks ground on homes for domestic violence survivors”
• Staten Island Advance – July 31, 2025 “Housing advocates warn Trump budget cuts could increase NYC homelessness,” includes quotes from New Destiny’s CEO, Nicole Branca
• Bronx News 12 – July 29, 2025 “New Destiny Housing supports survivors of domestic violence”
• CNN – June 28, 2025 “The Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs case shows ‘trialtainment’ has evolved in the post-OJ Simpson era,” includes quotes from New Destiny’s CEO, Nicole Branca
• The Hill – June 20, 2025 “Ending emergency housing aid cuts a lifeline for domestic violence survivors” opinion from Daniris Espinal, New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member
• Times Union – June 19, 2025 “Commentary: Extra funding for supportive housing will help survivors of domestic abuse,” opinion from New Destiny tenant, Yahaira
• Gothamist – June 5, 2025 “Judge orders Trump admin to release hundreds of millions in NYC housing, transit funds,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Vice President of External Affairs
• New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance – May 28, 2025 “New York State Announces the Opening of 30-Unit Supportive Housing Project in the Bronx”
  • Bronx Times – May 28, 2025 “Former shelter now offers permanent homes for survivors of domestic violence”
• Boston Globe – May 27, 2025 “AmeriCorps life-changing for its corps and those they serve,” opinion from New Destiny’s CEO Nicole Branca, and Second Vice Board Chair, Blanca Ramirez
• City Limits – May 20, 2025 “Getting the Vote Out Among Homeless New Yorkers & Domestic Violence Survivors”
• Miami Herald – May 18, 2025 “Another Program Faces ‘Uphill Battle’ with GOP Lawmakers,” includes quote from Gina Cappuccitti, Sr. Director of Housing Access and Stability Services
• New Destiny Housing – May 9, 2025 “New Destiny Statement on the FY 2026 New York State Budget”
• The City – April 29, 2025 “Affordable Housing Lottery Chops Paperwork Pile for Apartment Applications,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Spectrum News NY1 – April 24, 2025 “As Trump reportedly eyes HUD cuts, N.Y. housing advocates warn of impact,” includes quotes from Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Branca, and Resource Coordinator, Stephanie Woodbine
• Associated Press – April 21, 2025 “60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts,” includes quotes from Daniris Espinal, Survivor Voices Project member, and Gina Cappuccitti, Sr. Director of Housing Access and Stability Services
  • NBC News, ABC News 10, The Washington Post, Fortune, Spectrum News, The Boston Globe, The Economic Times, Essence, News Nation, Fox 59, The Times of India, Manila Times
• The New York Times – April 19, 2024 (Print Edition) Letter to the Editor by Nicole Branca, CEO of New Destiny Housing
• Gothamist – April 3, 2025 “Can NYC find $175M to replace expiring federal rental aid program?,” includes quotes from Stephanie Woodbine, Resource Coordinator
• Fortune – March 18, 2025 “A victim of potential housing department cuts: domestic violence survivors who need homes”
• Hoodline- March 15, 2025 “New York City Housing Non-Profits Face Uncertainty Amid Trump Administration’s Funding Conditions,” quotes Nicole Branca, Chief Executive Officer
• Gothamist – March 14, 2025 “Trump admin approves funds for NYC housing nonprofits, with conditions — then abruptly rescinds,” quotes Nicole Branca, Chief Executive Officer
• NYS Focus – March 13, 2025 “Legislature Proposes Boost to Nonprofits and Safety Net Programs Serving New York’s Neediest,” cites New Destiny’s testimony on the NYS Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Housing
• New Destiny Housing – March 12 “New Destiny Statement on One House Budgets”
• The 74 – February 5, 2025 “Domestic Violence Is Upending NYC Kids’ Lives, Housing and Education,” includes quotes from a New Destiny client and survivor of domestic violence.
• Capitol Pressroom – February 4, 2025 “Supportive housing units look to Albany for support,” a conversation including Nicole Branca, CEO of New Destiny Housing
• El Diario – January 17, 2025 “El “trineo” de las “Mamás Santa Claus” viste a NYC de Navidad en enero,” incluye citas de Maria Rodriguez, miembro de Voces de Cambio
• New Destiny Housing – January 15, 2025 “New Destiny Statement on Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State”
• BronxTimes – December 5, 2024 “Partnership delivers meal kits to domestic violence survivors, fostering food security and hope”
• El Radar Digital – November 25, 2024 “En New York más mujeres con niños ruedan de refugio en refugio huyendo de la violencia doméstica”
• New Destiny Housing – November 25, 2024 “New Destiny Statement on statement on legislation 1070-A and 1071-A“
• El Diario – November 24, 2024 “En NYC más mujeres con niños ruedan de refugio en refugio huyendo de la violencia doméstica,” incluye citas de Maria Rodriguez, miembro de Voces de Cambio
• NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity – November 22, 2024 “Safe Homes, New Beginnings: How NYC is making strides to improve housing supports for domestic violence survivors”
• New Destiny Housing – November 12, 2024 “New Destiny Housing Granted $5 Million from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez to Connect New York Families Experiencing Homelessness with Stable Housing and Critical Services”
• Telemundo 47 – October 30, 2024 “Viviendas para sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica,” incluye citas de Daniris Espinal, miembro de Survivor Voices Project y Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• BronxNet – October 21, 2024 “The Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums | “A Crisis Compounded” Report,” interview with Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Spectrum Noticias NY1 – October 20, 2024 “Gabriela Sandoval: situación de migrantes tras el cierre de varios albergues municipales,” entrevista de Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Office of the Mayor – October 11, 2024, “Mayor Adams Appoints Saloni Sethi as Commissioner of Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence,” includes a quote from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• News 12 Long Island – October 10, 2024 “Exclusive 1-on-1 with new NYC mayor’s office ENDGBV commissioner,” includes quotes from Maria Rodriguez, survivor and member of New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project
• New Destiny Housing – October 10, 2024 “New Destiny Statement on Expansion of NYC 15/15 Eligibility to Domestic Violence Survivors”
• Jezebel – September 30, 2024 “Why Aren’t There Federal Workplace Protections for Domestic Violence Victims?”
• Westchester News 12 – September 23, 2024 “New Rochelle apartment building reserves units for domestic violence survivors”
• NSS Magazine, G-Club – September 23, 2024 “Hair is everything (and maybe even saves from toxic relationships),” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director.
• The New York Times – September 18, 2024 “Abused in Public Housing, Victims Often Face a Long Wait to Move,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy and Communications, and Natasha Parker, New Destiny client and survivor of domestic violence.
• Dazed – September 17, 2024 “How women are using drastic haircuts to leave controlling relationships,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director, and Maria Rodriguez, survivor and member of New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project
• Jezebel – August 10, 2024 “The Housing Crisis No One’s Talking About,” the reporter spoke with Nicole Branca, Executive Director, and a member of New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project for the article

• July 25, 2024: New Destiny Housing and Georgica Green Ventures held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of Highgarden Tower, a new 219-unit affordable apartment building with 77 units reserved for survivors of domestic violence
  • Pressroom, Governor Kathy Hochul & New York State Homes and Community Renewal “Governor Hochul Announces Completion of More Than 200 Affordable Apartments in New Rochelle”
  • Multi-Housing News “$135M Affordable Tower Opens in NYC Suburb”
  • Westfair Business Journal “Ribbon-cutting opens $135M Highgarden Tower in New Rochelle”
  • New York Construction Report “Construction completed on New Rochelle apartment building”
  • Patch “219-Unit Affordable Apartment Building Opens Doors In New Rochelle”
  • Talk of the Sound “Governor Hochul Announces Completion of 200+ Affordable Apartments in New Rochelle”
• July 18, 2024: New Destiny Housing announced the release of “A Crisis Compounded: The Dual Crises of Domestic Violence and Homelessness”
  • • New Destiny Housing “New Report Highlights Lack of Housing Options for Domestic Violence Survivors”
    • Gothamist “Domestic violence survivors bounce between NYC shelters as housing options dwindle,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director, and Michelle Bennett, survivor and member of New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project
  • El Diario “Sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica en NYC pasan de un calvario a otro: tras escapar de maltratos ven cuesta arriba tener vivienda,” incluye citas de Nicole Branca, Executive Director, y Maria Rodriguez, miembro de Voces de Cambio
  • Spectrum Noticias NY1 “Sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica en refugios carecen de acceso a vivienda,” incluye citas de Maria Rodriguez, miembro de Voces de Cambio, Gina Cappuccitti, Senior Director of Housing Access & Stability, y Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
  • New York Nonprofit Media “Report: Domestic violence survivors struggle to leave shelter system due to lack of permanent supportive housing,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director, and Gina Cappuccitti, Senior Director of Housing Access and Stability Services.
• AMNY – July 10, 2024 “Queens can be a home for everyone,” opinion from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Newsweek – June 7, 2024 “New York City Sees Spike in Homeless Children,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• ABC 7 – June 3, 2024 “NYCHA opens Section 8 housing applications for eligible families for first time in nearly 15 years,” includes quotes from Gina Cappuccitti, Senior Director of Housing Access and Stability Services
• New York Times – June 3, 2024 “New Yorkers Who Need Help With Rent Can (Finally) Join a List for Help,” includes quotes from Daniris Espinal, New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member
• Spectrum Noticias NY1 – May 14, 2024 “Historias de vida: Daniris Espinal, creció católica y ahora convertida al Islam,” incluye citas de Daniris Espinal, New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member
• Stateline – May 10, 2024 “Survivors of domestic and sexual violence can break their leases early in some states,” includes quotes from Stephanie Woodbine, New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member
• NYN Media – April 29, 2024 “New York nonprofits have mixed reactions to Hochul’s $237 million state budget”
• New Destiny Housing – April 25, 2024 “New Destiny Statement on the State Budget”
• El Diario – April 24, 2024 “30 mil niños y más de 100 mil adultos duermen en refugios de Nueva York por crisis migratoria, desalojos y altos costos de vivienda,” incluye citas de Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Spectrum Noticias NY1 – April 19, 2024 “Cerca de 30 mil niños durmieron en albergues de la Ciudad cada mes de 2023: contralor” incluye citas de Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Gothamist – April 18, 2024 “30K children lived in NYC homeless shelters every month last year, data shows” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• April 15, 2024: Mayor Adams announced the launch of Project Home, a pilot program in partnership with New Destiny, as well as the implementation of two of New Destiny’s advocacy priorities:
  • Office of the Mayor, “Mayor Adams Launches Pilot to Rapidly Connect Families Fleeing Domestic Violence With Permanent Housing”
  • CBS News, “New program will help NYC domestic violence survivors find safe, permanent housing”
  • NY1, “Pilot program to connect domestic violence survivors with permanent housing”
  • Pix 11 & Yahoo, City will help place domestic violence survivors in ‘safe, permanent’ homes
  • AM New York, NYC’s new ‘Project Home’ aims to provide domestic violence survivors with permanent housing more quickly
  • News12 Bronx, “City announces Project Home program to combat domestic violence”
  • BK Reader, City to Help Families Fleeing Domestic Violence Find Housing
  • CityLand, City Launches Pilot Program to Help Domestic Violence Survivors Access Safe, Permanent Housing
  • The Forum, City Launches Pilot Program to Connect Families Fleeing Domestic Violence with Permanent Housing
  • Staten Island Live, New NYC program connects domestic violence survivors with permanent housing
  • Spectrum Noticias NY1, Anuncian programa que ayudará a sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica encontrar vivienda
  • Telemundo 47, NYC lanza programa para ayudar a sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica en refugios a encontrar un hogar
  • El Diario, Lanzan programa para agilizar ubicación de familias víctima de violencia doméstica en viviendas permanentes

• Spectrum Noticias NY1 – April 11, 2024 “Piden se reformen leyes para hacer más fácil construir vivienda asequible,” incluye citas de Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• City & State – April 9, 2024 “Opinion: Domestic violence survivors like me need housing support,” opinion from Stephanie Woodbine, New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member
• New Destiny Housing – April 2, 2024 “New Destiny Statement on New York City Council Preliminary Budget”
• New Destiny Housing – March 13, 2024 “New Destiny Statement on NYS Legislature’s One House Budgets”
• NY Daily News – March 3, 2024 “Get people homes and support to keep them there,” Letter to the Editor by Daniris Espinal, New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member
• Housing Access NY – February 27, 2024 “Senate, Assembly Housing Chairs Rally with Advocates in Capitol for Housing Access Voucher Program,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Office of the Mayor – January 18, 2024 “Mayor Adams Announces Record Number of Affordable Homes Created in 2023, Makes Urgent Case for Albany Action as Private Construction Slows,” includes includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• Jezebel – December 15, 2023 “Jonathan Majors’ Trial Has Been Jarring. Domestic Violence Experts Have Seen It All Before.,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• Pressroom, Governor Kathy Hochul – December 14, 2023 “Governor Hochul Announces More Than $55 Million Awarded to Create 266 Units of Supportive and Emergency Housing in the Bronx, Monroe, Montgomery, and Ulster Counties”
• Noticia NY – December 6, 2023 “Milagro en NY: Sobreviviente Indocumentada de Violencia Doméstica Encuentra Refugio en New Destiny Housing,” incluye citas de Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications, y Consuelo Rodríguez, miembro de Voces de Cambio. Read the English translation here.
• People – December 5, 2023 “Jonathan Majors’ Accuser Grace Jabbari Testifies About His ‘Rage’ as She Takes the Stand at Assault Trial,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• Episcopal News Service – November 30, 2023 “Trinity Church awards $14.3 million in grants, bringing total to $36.3 million so far this year”
• CityLimits – November 17, 2023 “Opinion: A Simple State Budget Fix Could Save Supportive Housing,” opinion from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• CityLimits – November 17,2023 “Full Package of Rental Voucher Laws Not on Mayor’s Agenda, Despite Veto Override,” includes quote from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• NYN Media – October 30, 2023 “Nonprofit ED warns city budget cuts threaten services for domestic violence survivors,” incudes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• NY1 Pura Política – October 27, 2023 “Octubre: Mes de la Concientización sobre la Violencia Doméstica” Victor Julio César García habla con nuestra Director of Policy and Communications, Gabriela Sandoval Requena
• Gothamist – October 26, 2023 “NYC offering housing grants for domestic violence survivors—but advocates say program is underfunded,” includes quotes from New Destiny’s Survivor Voices Project member, Daniris Espinal
• City Limits – October 13, 2023 “Opinion: New York Must Do More to House Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence,” opinion from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• Fox 5 News – September 29, 2023 “NYC expands housing vouchers to beyond city limits,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• City Limits – July 24, 2023 “As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Director of Policy & Communications
• City Limits – June 7, 2023 “The Job That ‘Almost Was’: Advocates on the Loss of NYC’s Chief Housing Officer,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• Bronx Times – May 4, 2023 “CB4 committee votes yes on new Morrisania apartment that would serve domestic violence survivors”
• Telemundo – April 24, 2023 “NYC Housing Affordability Crisis: Rosarina Breton with Gabriela Sandoval Requena”
• Gothamist – April 10, 2023 “Record number of young adults move out of NYC’s homeless shelters,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• CBS – February 27, 2023 “CBS2 gets exclusive access to NYC Family Justice Center, Queens,” includes testimony from Lannie Smith, Housing Coordinator and a HousingLink participant. 
• Gotham Gazette – February 1, 2023 “With Critical Supportive Housing for Domestic Violence Victims at Risk, We Need Governor Hochul to Step Up” opinion from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• City Limits – Oct. 28, 2022 “Council Directs NYC to Establish Micro-Grant Program for DV Survivors,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• New York YIMBY – September 24, 2022 “The Kira Affordable Housing Project Debuts at 153-19 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens”
• City Limits – July 14, 2022 “After Slow Start, NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers,” includes quotes from Nicole Branca, Executive Director
• City Limits – June 21, 2022 “Council Bill Could Force NYC to Report Actual Homeless Shelter Census—Eventually,” includes quotes from Gabriela Sandoval Requena, Senior Policy Analyst
• City Limits – May 31, 2022 “NYC Must Prioritize Housing Our Most Vulnerable Families,” opinion by Nicole Branca and Council Member Pierina Ana Sanchez
• New York YIMBY – April 4, 2022 “Raven Hall Completes Construction at 2006 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn”
• Urbanize New York – April 4, 2022 “$133M mixed-use project opens in Coney Island”
• NY Daily News – April 2, 2022 “Readers sound off on families facing homelessness, over-policing and investigating Trump”
• Pressroom, Governor Kathy Hochul – March 30, 2022 “Governor Hochul Announces Completion of $133 Million Mixed-Use Housing Development in Brooklyn”
• Brooklyn Paper – March 30, 2022 “Affordable Raven Hall apartments open up a block from Coney Island beach”
• News 12 – March 30, 2022 “Coney Island’s newly opened Raven Hall dedicates apartment units to domestic violence survivors, homeless”
• Times Union – March 28, 2022 Letter: “NYS Supportive Housing Program must be included in COLA increase” an opinion piece by Nicole Branca
• Gotham Gazette – February 1, 2022 “How New York City Can Make Supportive Housing Key to Ending Family Homelessness,” an opinion piece by Nicole Branca
• Univision Nueva York (Ch. 41) – January 6, 2022 Victor Javier Solano de Univision New York habla con nuestra Sr. Policy Analyst Gabriela I. Sandoval Requena sobre el plan de vivienda propuesto por la Gobernadora Hochul. (Victor Javier Solano from Univision New York speaks with our Senior Policy Analyst Gabriela I. Sandoval Requena about the housing plan proposed by Governor Hochul. Video in Spanish)
• Pressroom, Governor Kathy Hochul – December 10, 2021 “Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Combat Homelessness and Expand Housing Affordability in New York City.” Includes a quote from Nicole Branca.
• BronxNet OPEN, December 8, 2021 (video) Host Daren Jaime sits down with the Executive Director of New Destiny Housing, Nicole Branca, to give insight on how the organization provides housing and services to victims of domestic violence and their families.
• City Limits – December 1, 2021 Nicole Branca is quoted in “Advocates’ Advice for Eric Adams? Better Coordination Between NYC’s Housing and Homelessness Agencies”
• Bronx Times – November 24, 2021 Hochul announces opening of $35M supportive housing development in Longwood
• news12 The Bronx – November 17, 2021 New complex ‘The Corden’ aims to decrease homelessness in Bronx community
• NYC HCR – November 17, 2021 Governor Hochul Announces Grand Opening of $35 Million Supportive Housing Development for Families in the Bronx
• MSN – November 17, 2021 PHOTOS: New $35M housing development opens in the Bronx
• City Limits – November 5, 2021 “Opinion: Why Housing is Key to Addressing the Public Health Crisis of Racism” by Nicole Branca
• Harlem World – October 29, 2021 “Sen. Kavanagh And AM Rosenthal Urge Governor To Sign State Family Homelessness And Eviction Prevention Supplement Bill.” Includes a quote from Nicole Branca.
• July 23, 2021: Press conference to announce bill for universal rental assistance features Congressman Ritchie Torres, New Destiny Housing, tenants and other housing advocates.
  • News 12 (video in English): “Rep. Torres introduces bill to ensure universal rental assistance for struggling New Yorkers”
  • NY 1 Noticias (article/video in Spanish): “Proponen ampliar programa en asistencia de alquiler ‘Sección 8′”
  • Telemundo 47 (video in Spanish): “Promueven legislación para ayudar a desamparados y residentes pagar alquiler en NY”
• City Limits – May 5, 2021 “Opinion: NYC’s Next Mayor Must Seek ‘Transformative’ Solutions to Address Family Homelessness Crisis”
• HealthDay – January 27, 2021 “AHA News: HousingLink Gives Families Fleeing Domestic Violence a Second Chance” – includes quotes from HousingLink director Alyssa Keil and a program participant.
• Gotham Gazette – December 9, 2020 “We Must Take Steps Now to Help Domestic Violence Survivors,” an opinion piece by Nicole Branca and Council Member Stephen Levin.
• AMNY – October 30, 2020 Grant from the American Heart Association New York City for HousingLink.
• Westfair Online – October 29, 2020 New Destiny’s first affordable housing project outside of New York City receives financing through NYS IDA.
• Architectural Record – October, 2020 “Destiny’s Child: Alexander Gorlin brightens a once-notorious corner of the South Bronx with affordable apartments designed to provide more than shelter” – features The Jennings, and quotes New Destiny’s Joan Beck, director of housing and development.
• HIVE – Sept./Oct., 2020 Our building, The Jennings, has also been featured in HIVE, an online publication of the Design Leadership Network construction.
• New York Real Estate Journal – Aug. 18, 2020 “MAP tops off two projects: The Bedford and The Bryant” features Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC (MAP) and one of our Bronx buildings, currently under construction.
• Gothamist – May 14, 2020 “Reports Of Domestic Violence Have Declined During Coronavirus Lockdown. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Happening,” includes several quotes from Carol Corden, former Executive Director
  • WNYC – May 14, 2020 An audio version of the article
• Vogue – May 2, 2020 “A Domestic Abuse Survivor Considers the Future From a New York Shelter,” includes several quotes from Carol Corden, former Executive Director
• N.Y. Post – Feb. 16, 2020 “A real housing fix,” letter to the editor by Carol Corden, former Executive Director
• NY Post – Feb 2, 2020 “Half of NYC’s homeless domestic-violence victims feel unsafe in shelters,” includes quotes from Carol Corden, former Executive Director
• Affordable Housing Finance – Jan. 16, 2020 Article on our 42-unit building in the Bronx – The Jennings.
• City Limits – Jan. 13, 2020 In this opinion piece, former Executive Director Carol Corden points out that while domestic violence is “often the root cause of homelessness for families,” funding and attention around family homelessness is all too often “dedicated to short-term fixes like shelter.”
• WTXL Tallahassee – Jan. 10, 2020 The Family Homelessness Coalition, which New Destiny helps to lead, was featured in a video on homelessness that ran on dozens of television stations nationwide.
• New York Daily News – Dec. 26, 2019 In this opinion article, Errol Louis recommends supporting the Family Homelessness Coalition’s solutions to addressing the needs of homeless families and children.
• RealEstateRama – Nov. 7, 2019 Ribbon Cutting Celebrating New Affordable Apartments in the Bronx for Low-Income Families and Domestic Violence Survivors.
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle – Oct. 28, 2019 Domestic violence still leading driver of city’s shelter population: report, with quotes from Carol Corden, former Executive Director.
• Architecture Magazine – Sept. 2019 Affordable housing in The Bronx, featuring The Bryant, our 62-unit building in development.
• Caribbean Life – April 4, 2019 Fight against family homelessness continues
• Crain’s New York – January 3, 2019 Jamaica tower project lands $67M in loans
• The Bed Stuy Blog – June 13, 2018 Renovated Affordable Housing Opens on Bainbridge Street
• amnewyork – June 7, 2018 Affordable housing NYC: Bed-Stuy apartments get ‘long overdue’ $9.4M renovation [print‑friendly]
• Philanthropy New York – Jan. 31, 2018 Is the Help Helpful? Alternatives to Shelter for Families Headed by Domestic Violence Survivors
• Pew Charitable Trusts – Jan. 19, 2018 Homeless Will Now Be Asked: Are You Fleeing Domestic Violence?
• New Destiny Housing – Nov. 16, 2017 New Destiny awarded $125,000 through the TD Charitable Foundation’s Housing for Everyone grant competition
• New Destiny Housing – Oct. 30, 2017 Former Executive Director Carol Corden’s testimony to New York City Council’s Joint Hearing by Committee on General Welfare and the Committee on Women’s Issues
• m/Oppenheim – Oct. 12, 2017 Nonprofit Spotlight: New Destiny Housing Helping Families Rebuild From Times of Domestic Trauma
• Multi-Housing News – Sep. 4, 2017 New Destiny Breaks Ground on Affordable Bronx Community [print‑friendly]
• QNS.com – Aug. 24, 2017 Family homelessness Task Force report offers solutions to the city’s homelessness problem [print‑friendly]
• El Diario – July 20, 2017 New Destiny’s Director of HousingLink is featured in this article: Una psicóloga al servicio de las víctimas de violencia intrafamiliar. Click here for English translation
• Shelterforce – July 12, 2017 7 Policies to End Family Homelessness, authored by Carol Corden; Judi Kende, Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; and Jennifer March, Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York
• Observer – June 21, 2017 One Homelessness Plan for One New York, authored by Carol Corden; Judi Kende, Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; and and Jennifer March, Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York
• DNAinfo – June 20, 2017 Strengthen Rent Regulation Rules Amid Homeless Crisis, Task Force Urges (Article on report and recommendations by the Family Homelessness Task Force)
• New York YIMBY – Jan. 10, 2017 Permits Filed: Eight stories of supportive housing for the homeless at 902 Jennings Street, Crotona Park East
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle – Jan. 9, 2017 Gillibrand: Homeless domestic violence survivors shouldn’t be invisible, deserve more federal resources
• Newsday – Jan. 8, 2017 U.S. needs to assist ‘invisible’ homeless, Sen. Gillibrand says
• WNYC News – Jan. 8, 2016 Gillibrand Wants Trump Admin. to Count Homeless Domestic Violence Survivors
• New York Times – May 10, 2016 Homeless Families in New York City, Letter to the Editor by Carol Corden
• Huffington Post – March 2016 Survivors, advocates and experts, including Carol Corden, on how to reduce fatal domestic violence
• NYN Media – January 2016 Advocates comment on New York City’s policy changes regarding homeless victims of domestic violence
• Huffington Post – January 2016 One New York City nonprofit is trying to make it easier for domestic violence survivors to leave their partners