New York City experienced the largest increase in homelessness of any city in the country between 2022 and 2023, according to an April report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Over 120,000 people reside in the city’s shelter system, and more than 4,000 live unsheltered in public spaces.
To help people who approach St. Patrick’s Cathedral for assistance, Colin Nykaza, Director of Evangelization and Service Outreach at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, contacted City Relief, a Christian nonprofit organization that creates pop-up outreach events in New York City and New Jersey to help the homeless. Together with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church they hosted their first onsite homeless outreach.
The recognition came with gratitude for the archbishop emeritus' leadership of fundraising efforts to restore Notre-Dame Cathedral after the 2019 fire.
By:
Steven Schwankert
| 05/27/2026
The report is based on the audit findings of StoneBridge Business Partners, a consulting firm that provides forensic, internal, and compliance audit services.
By:
The Good Newsroom
| 05/27/2026
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who first planted the seed of a priestly vocation in Father Joe Haas as a teenager, joined him at the Church of St. Mary to celebrate.