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Coverage, interviews, speeches and public testimony, 2020 to today.
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Watch · December 2020
USA Today
From homeless hero to housing hero: How one man is helping the homeless in NYC
Watch · August 2023
PBS NewsHour
How some U.S. cities are converting vacant office spaces into housing
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Op-ed · March 2026
amNewYork
Build housing so fewer people sleep on the streets like I did
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Watch · December 2024
PIX11
Addressing the housing crisis in New York City
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Honor · February 2026
City & State New York
The 2026 Black Trailblazers
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Op-ed · April 2024
New York Daily News
NYC must say ‘Yes to Housing’
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Q&A · April 2022
The New Yorker
What Da Homeless Hero Makes of Eric Adams’s Policies
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Watch · July 2025
NYC Charter Revision Commission
Commissioner Shams DaBaron on his personal journey and the urgent need for housing
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Watch · June 2022
CBS New York
Homeless New Yorkers take part in crafting city’s new housing plan
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Profile · February 2021
City & State New York
How Shams DaBaron became the ‘homeless hero’
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20268 items
- Returned to The Social Work Rants Podcast to discuss housingWatch
- Joined the new Charter Revision Commission's first meetingRead
- Quoted by Columbia Spectator supporting West Harlem affordable housing projectRead
- Published an amNewYork op-ed urging approval of Harlem's Hill Top ApartmentsRead
- Appeared on NY1's The Rush Hour with Project Renewal's CEOWatch
- Quoted in City & State on the new Charter Revision CommissionRead
- Interviewed by NY1 on the city's encampment policyWatch
- Told his story on Housing Solutions of New York's One Step AwayWatch
202522 items
- Appointed by Mayor Adams to a second Charter Revision CommissionRead
- Appeared in the Charter Revision Commission's Flip Your Ballot PSAWatch
- Quoted in City & State retrospective on the Adams mayoraltyRead
- Quoted in The New York Times on Mayor Adams's housing recordRead
- Spoke at Mayor Adams's announcement of nearly 10,000 homes on city sitesRead
- Spoke out against Fox host's remarks about homeless peopleRead
- Appeared on BronxNet's OPEN to discuss solutions to homelessnessWatch
- Credited by Mayor Adams at record-setting affordable housing announcementRead
- Spoke and voted to send housing ballot proposals to city votersRead
- Questioned speakers on open primaries at Staten Island charter hearingRead
- Joined 94.7 The Block radio to discuss the housing crisisListen
- Backed plan for 1,000 homes at 100 Gold StreetRead
- Published a Vital City essay on solving the homelessness crisisRead
- Discussed shelter siting with Council Member Won at Queens charter hearingRead
- Named in New York Times guide to the Charter Revision CommissionRead
- Gave keynote remarks at the Supportive Housing Network's tenant celebrationRead
- Spoke at Mayor Adams's record affordable housing production announcementRead
- Discussed the Charter Revision Commission on PIX11 Morning NewsWatch
- Featured on m/Oppenheim's Nonprofit Report with Project RenewalWatch
- Quoted praising Mayor Adams's Fiscal Year 2026 preliminary budgetRead
- Quoted praising Mayor Adams's fourth State of the City addressRead
- Spoke at the Charter Revision Commission's first public meetingRead
202424 items
- Discussed City of Yes on PIX11 Morning NewsWatch
- Quoted in City & State profile of Maria Torres-SpringerRead
- Backed mixed-income housing vision for Gansevoort SquareRead
- Spoke at City Hall rally for City of Yes housing planRead
- Testified to City Council for City of Yes for Housing OpportunityRead
- Backed Mayor Adams's nominee for city corporation counselRead
- Backed city's record housing discrimination settlement for voucher holdersRead
- Quoted in announcement of back-to-back record affordable housing yearsRead
- Interviewed by amNewYork on protecting street homeless from summer heatRead
- Recognized at celebration of record $2 billion affordable housing investmentRead
- Spoke at City Hall rally celebrating the FY25 budget agreementRead
- Named keynote speaker for Project FIND's 2024 galaRead
- Interviewed by NY1 as City of Yes entered public reviewWatch
- Spoke at Mayor Adams's executive budget rally on City Hall stepsRead
- Published 'NYC must say Yes to Housing' in the Daily NewsRead
- Spoke at the Yes to Housing coalition rally at City HallRead
- Discussed right-to-shelter changes on PIX11 Morning NewsWatch
- Backed launch of the city's first Tenant Protection CabinetRead
- Backed $50 million city fund for minority-owned housing developersRead
- Quoted in city announcement on clearing cash assistance and SNAP backlogsRead
- Testified to City Council in support of Timbale TerraceRead
- Named in Mayor Adams's third State of the City addressRead
- Joined Mayor Adams for $2 billion medical debt relief announcementRead
- Thanked by Mayor Adams at record 2023 affordable housing announcementRead
202332 items
- Published a Daily News op-ed backing Mayor Adams's housing roadmapRead
- Voiced support for Mayor Adams in City Hall leaders' statementRead
- Shared his story on The Social Work Rants PodcastListen
- Spoke at Mayor Adams's 1-year update on mental illness planRead
- Featured on PBS MetroFocus in a re-aired interview on sheltersWatch
- Quoted in The New Yorker on migrant shelter conditionsRead
- Spoke with NY1 after Governor Hochul's homeless outreach announcementWatch
- Backed city action ending credit checks for housing voucher holdersRead
- Featured on PBS NewsHour on converting empty offices into housingWatch
- Quoted in Mayor Adams's record affordable housing year announcementRead
- Visited migrants waiting outside the Roosevelt HotelRead
- Interviewed by NY1 on the city's street homelessness countWatch
- Joined Mayor Adams for shelter-to-housing progress announcement in BrooklynRead
- Cited by Mayor Adams at Washington Heights community conversationRead
- Interviewed by CBS New York as the 90-day voucher rule endedWatch
- Quoted by Gothamist on City Council housing voucher billsRead
- Conducted street outreach during the wildfire smoke emergencyRead
- Discussed housing voucher reforms on PIX11 Morning NewsWatch
- Interviewed on NY1's Mornings On 1 about housing vouchersWatch
- Spoke to NY1 on the day of Jordan Neely's funeralWatch
- Quoted by City Limits on libraries serving unhoused New YorkersRead
- Spoke with amNewYork about life on the streetsRead
- Appeared on MSNBC's The ReidOut with Joy ReidWatch
- Interviewed by NY1 on the killing of Jordan NeelyWatch
- Proposed private pod-style shelter rooms in City & StateRead
- Interviewed by Tony Dokoupil on CBS MorningsWatch
- Interviewed by amNewYork on mental health services in family sheltersRead
- Acknowledged by Mayor Adams at launch of citywide mental health agendaRead
- Interviewed by City & State about his work with Mayor AdamsRead
- Quoted in The New York Times on social services leadershipRead
- Led post-screening conversation on the Newsy documentary at SAJRead
- Stayed overnight with Mayor Adams at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal relief centerRead
202239 items
- Spoke on panel at city's first symposium with homeless New YorkersRead
- Greeted arriving asylum seekers alongside volunteersRead
- Urged support for both asylum seekers and long-term shelter residentsRead
- Interviewed by amNewYork on anti-homeless architectureRead
- Presented at the Supportive Housing Network's 2022 conferenceWatch
- Interviewed on BronxNet's OPEN BxRx TuesdayWatch
- Served on Public Advocate's homelessness committee as its plan was releasedRead
- Cited by Mayor Adams at Universal Hip Hop Museum funding announcementRead
- Joined Open New York's Hot Topic Thursdays on homelessnessWatch
- Cited by Mayor Adams at Bronx groundbreaking with Governor HochulRead
- Walked Harlem's streets with Mayor Adams on homeless outreachRead
- Quoted in The New York Times on dangers facing unsheltered New YorkersRead
- Discussed the mayor's housing blueprint on PIX11 Morning NewsWatch
- Welcomed on stage at Mayor Adams's Housing Our Neighbors blueprint launchRead
- Interviewed by CBS New York on helping craft the city's housing planWatch
- Joined Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams at hotel conversion law signingRead
- Appeared on The Right to Shower podcastListen
- Discussed racism and housing on the Neighbors With No Doors podcastListen
- Recognized by Mayor Adams in his first State of the City addressRead
- Interviewed on FOX 5's Good Day New YorkWatch
- Interviewed by Epicenter NYC on shelters and safe havensRead
- Sat down with Errol Louis for NY1's You Decide podcastListen
- Told his story in a 3-part Hear Our Voices podcast seriesListen
- Quoted in Politico on conditions in congregate sheltersRead
- Urged Governor Hochul and Albany leaders to fund hotel-to-housing conversionsRead
- Interviewed by Errol Louis on NY1's Inside City HallWatch
- Joined the Why We Theater podcast to discuss AddresslessListen
- Spoke with 1010 WINS about the city's encampment planRead
- Called for dignified housing for unsheltered New Yorkers in amNewYorkRead
- Interviewed by amNewYork on safety for homeless New YorkersRead
- Co-wrote a Daily News op-ed on what homeless New Yorkers needRead
- Joined coalition urging hotel rooms for unsheltered New YorkersRead
- Spoke at Lower Manhattan vigil for slain homeless New YorkersRead
- Interviewed by NY1 after attacks on homeless New YorkersWatch
- Joined Tablet's Take One Daf Yomi podcastListen
- Quoted by NY City Lens on the promise of supportive housingRead
- Spoke alongside Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams at Subway Safety Plan launchRead
- Featured in NY1's report on the play AddresslessWatch
- Performed in Addressless, reviewed by The New York TimesRead
202127 items
- Quoted and pictured in Times review of de Blasio's legacyRead
- Joined Senator Biaggi to push for Wi-Fi in every homeless shelterRead
- Shared his story at RxHomeNYC's Everyone's Problem eventWatch
- Quoted in The New York Times on homeless services leadershipRead
- Featured on Religion News Service's Saved by the City podcastListen
- Published a Daily News op-ed calling for Wi-Fi in sheltersRead
- Quoted in Curbed backing Eric Adams's hotel conversion planRead
- Spoke at Eric Adams's campaign announcement of his hotel-to-housing planRead
- Organized and led officials' tour of Wards Island shelterRead
- Spoke to ABC7 about conditions at the Randall's Island shelterWatch
- Featured in City & State editor's note after its anniversary celebrationRead
- Spoke to ABC7 against returning residents to congregate sheltersWatch
- Helped organize Lucerne rally against moving residents back to sheltersRead
- Joined the Hello Dogtown podcast for Homeless Rights MonthListen
- Called on the mayor to implement the housing voucher lawWatch
- Interviewed by FOX 5 at a rally for hotel shelter residentsWatch
- Interviewed by ABC7 Eyewitness News on hotel shelter movesWatch
- Supported shelter residents resisting transfer from a Midtown hotelRead
- Interviewed on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show about moves out of hotel sheltersListen
- Spoke in support of mayoral candidate Maya Wiley's housing platformRead
- Joined Power of Two for its Powering Up conversationWatch
- Discussed homelessness on the FAQ NYC podcastListen
- Backed the City Council bill raising housing voucher valuesRead
- Published a homelessness plan for the next mayor in The AppealRead
- Featured in The New Republic's long read on the LucerneRead
- Joined by mayoral candidates at Harlem's Stand With Shams rallyRead
- Profiled by City & State New YorkRead
202014 items
- Appeared as a guest on the We Don't Even Know podcastWatch
- Profiled in a USA Today video on his work for shelter residentsWatch
- Profiled in a USA Today photo essayRead
- Joined Bombas's streamed conversation on misconceptions about homelessnessWatch
- Spoke with NY1 as Lucerne residents appealed their relocationWatch
- Interviewed by CBS New York about the Lucerne's neighborhood cleanup crewWatch
- Featured in The New York Times as voice of Lucerne residentsRead
- Spoke with Ruth Messinger at a B'nai Jeshurun homelessness forumRead
- Named a Winner in City & State's Winners & LosersRead
- Interviewed by NY1 during the fight to stay at the LucerneWatch
- Joined Bar Crawl Radio's podcast on welcoming homeless neighborsListen
- Co-wrote an essay in The Nation on the Lucerne shelter fightRead
- Spoke at a Gracie Mansion rally for homeless New YorkersWatch
- Gave a video interview as a Lucerne Hotel residentWatch
