Mary Brosnahan led the Coalition for the Homeless from 1989 to 2018. Her op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, the New York Daily News, Huffington Post and been featured on 60 Minutes, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, and CNBC. She has contributed to dozens of news reports on both WNYC and NPR. Her first book, "They Just Need to Get a Job: 15 Myths on Homelessness" was published in 2024.