News & Updates

With Unemployment at Record Lows, Why is Homelessness Still on the Rise?

Unemployment, in our city and across the nation, is at the lowest level it’s been in decades. These drops are being seen even within...

BRC's head nurse, Mary Cardelli, Receives New York Nonprofit Media's Frontline Heroes Award

For over 10 years, Mary has been head nurse at BRC's CDCC, serving the neediest of New Yorkers: street homeless men and women with...

BRC Awarded the New York Nonprofit Cause Award

New York Nonprofit (NYN) selected 2 individuals, agencies, groups and/or philanthropists from each nonprofit sector who has made a major imp

BRC Named a Top 10 Finalist for the Drucker Prize

Are All Shelters the Same?

Success, for our clients and for BRC, doesn’t come easy. Before I share some (not all!) of our secrets, a little context might be...

The Growing Crisis of Addiction

At BRC, we realized simply detoxing those addicted to opioids and linking them to treatment wasn’t good enough. This year in our city,...

The Needs of the So-Called “Service-Resistant”

With a grant from the Betty and Norman F. Levy Foundation, and in partnership with the Mayor’s Fund for NYC, BRC developed an innovative...

BRC's Relevance in these Tumultuous Times

The concerns that have risen to the fore of current political discourse -- intolerance, prejudice, stigmatization, unjust incarceration...

BRC Wins the New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Award

BRC was awarded the Bronze Prize for Management Excellence by the New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Award. The competition...

BRC Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Angela Kedzior, named NY State's Addiction Physician of the Year

In recognition of BRC's excellence, and the professional staff who help make that possible, in 2014 BRC's chief medical officer, Dr....