Picture the Homeless, a New York based activist organization, are fighting a campaign to demand that the transit authority make a bus that travels to a homeless shelter on Ward's Island, free for homeless passengers. An estimated 90% of the riders are homeless men living in the shelter on the island. They are also protesting the NYPD's practice of using that bus as an easy spot to make arrests and meet their quotas. Read more in an article in the New York Times, "On a Bus for the Homeless, a Push to Forgive the Fare."

Picture the Homeless have also recently put New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, on trial in Homeless People's Court. The mayor launched a large affordable housing program called the Five Year Plan. To mark the four year anniversary, Picture the Homeless put the mayor on trial and found him guilty. Read more and view video of the trial on the Picture the Homeless blog.