Anne Michaud

Oct 1, 2024 | agoodmovietowatch.com | Anne Michaud

What it's about The destinies of two families are irrevocably tied together after a cyclist is hit off the road by a jeep in the night before Christmas Eve. The take Human Capital is a rich and absorbing tale of two families tied together by love, money and a hit-and-run accident. One family is wealthy, the other struggling to get by in the days after the 2008 economic meltdown.

Sep 16, 2024 | crainsnewyork.com | Anne Michaud

September 16, 2024 06:03 AMSamaritan Daytop Village’s expansion of services over its 50-plus years reads like a New York City history of public health crises: from addiction to homelessness to HIV/AIDS. In 2022 and 2023, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration amended and broadened city contracts with Samaritan three times to help contend with an influx of migrants. For homelessness and mental health services, Samaritan’s contract grew to $222.6 million over five years from $56.7 million.

Sep 16, 2024 | crainsnewyork.com | Anne Michaud

Acacia Network Housing has a rider on its contract with the city, spelling out transparency protocols for hiring security guards for the more than 250 homeless shelters it runs. City officials added the rider in 2022, and it’s reflected in many new shelter contracts now per the city administrative code.

Sep 16, 2024 | crainsnewyork.com | Anne Michaud

September 16, 2024 06:03 AMThe de Blasio administration in 2017 chose the East Harlem-based nonprofit Center for Urban Community Services as the organization that would help rid Manhattan of street homelessness. The $33 million contract for this work was part of the then-mayor’s “Turn the Tide on Homelessness” initiative. Seven years and another $1.03 billion in awarded city contracts later, the city has made little progress in its battle with homelessness.

Sep 16, 2024 | crainsnewyork.com | Anne Michaud

September 16, 2024 06:03 AMPublic Health Solutions started in 1957 as a private nonprofit that could work alongside the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Without the restrictions that rule a city agency, PHS intended to seek government and private funding to research and prevent disease among low-income New Yorkers. An early project, for example, was promoting cervical cancer screenings in Harlem.