City to Open Nine New Homeless Shelters

Written by NYPress on August 13, 2012. Posted in Blog, Breaking News, Uncategorized

New shelters are opening across the City, as a record number of homeless New Yorkers hits the streets. According to the New York Times, the 43,731 homeless people currently in shelters is an 18% jump from last year. The City has already had to open five shelters in the Bronx, and two in Manhattan and
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Out on the Streets

Written by admin on March 22, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News OTDT, Our Town Downtown

Some advocates and politicians say the City has turned its back on its homeless population, which had close to 40,000 people in the shelter system in Dec. 2011. PHOTO BY Patr icia voulgaris

by Megan Bungeroth with additional reporting by Marissa Maier Homeless New Yorkers face new challenges in light of cutbacks It’s no shock that a still-struggling economy, an ever-more-expensive city and a continually burgeoning population have combined to produce record-high rates of homelessness in New York. What may shock some, however, is how difficult it is for the city to help its homeless
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