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You can make a difference.

Help directly
Contact local officials
Contact national representatives
Learn more about homelessness

Help directly

• 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

Contact your local officials

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 Joseph L. Bruno
  Room 909 Legislative Office Building
  Albany, NY 12247
  (518) 455-3191
  Via email
   
• Assemblymember Ron Canestrari
  Room 926 Legislative Office Building
  Albany, NY 12248
  (518) 455-4474
  canestr@assembly.state.ny.us
   
• Assemblymember Tim Gordon
  Room 529 Legislative Office Building
  Albany, NY 12248
  (518) 455-5777
  GordonT@ assembly.state.ny.us

Contact your national representatives

• Congressman Michael McNulty
  33 Second St.
  Troy, NY 12180
  (518) 271-0822
  (202) 225-5076 (Washington D.C. office)
  mike.mcnulty@mail.house.gov
   
• Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand
  487 Broadway
  Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
  (518) 581-8247
  (202) 225-5614 (Washington D.C. office)
  Via email
   
• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
  1 Clinton Square
  Room 821
  Albany, NY 12207
  (518) 431-0120
  Via email
   
• Senator Charles Schumer
  Leo O'Brien Building, Room 420
  Albany, NY 12207
  (518) 431-4070
  Via email
  

Learn more about homelessness

• National Coalition for the Homeless
            [facts]
   
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
   
• U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
   
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
   
• Coalition for the Homeless