You can make a difference.
Help directly
Contact local officials
Contact national representatives
Learn more about homelessness
- Volunteer locally
- weekend meals
- donation drives
- hospitality
- holiday party
- special projects
- Make a donation of food or toiletries
- toothpaste
- toothbrushes
- deodorant
- disposable diapers
- socks for children and adults
- school supplies
- powdered drink mix (Tang, ice tea, lemonade, etc.)
- coffee
- Prepare and donate a weekend meal
- Make a monetary donation
Help them realize that homelessness is a real issue in Troy. Encourage your leaders to support the development of permanent, affordable, and supported housing.
- Troy Mayor's Office
1 Monument Square
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 270-4401
MayorsOffice@troyny.gov
- Troy City Council
1 Monument Square
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 270-4493
citycouncil@troyny.gov
- Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino
Rensselaer County office building - 5th floor
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 270-2900
Via email
- New York State Senator Roy J. McDonald
433 River Street Hedley Bldg., Suite 1004
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 274-4616
Via email
- Assemblymember Ron Canestrari
Room 926 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12248
(518) 455-4474
canestr@assembly.state.ny.us
Contact your national representatives
- Congressman Paul Tonko
61 Columbia St., 4th Floor
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 465-0700
(202) 225-5076 (Washington D.C. office)
via email
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Leo W. O’Brien Federal Office Building
1 Clinton Square, Room 821
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 431-0120
(202) 224-4451 (Washington D.C. office)
Via email
- Senator Charles Schumer
Leo O'Brien Building, Room 420
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 431-4070
Via email
- National Coalition for the Homeless
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- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- Coalition for the Homeless