Department of Homeless Services
No One Knows How Many Homeless People Live in New York
There are many challenges to accurately counting the number of homeless people in a city with over 8 million residents, chief among them being how to decide what qualifies a person as being "homeless."
New Yorkers Hit the Streets Looking to Bring HOPE to the City's Homeless
While you were cozy in your bed last night, hundreds of volunteers canvassed New York City's five boroughs to assess the unsheltered population.
New York City Cancels Homeless Census to Get Everyone Off the Streets Ahead of Historic Blizzard
Tonight, New York City was supposed to conduct its annual census of the homeless. Instead, the city is trying to get all homeless people off the street and into shelters as it prepares for a historic blizzard.
How Private Companies Are Profiting From Homelessness in New York City
NYC pays millions of dollars a year for homeless shelters that residents say are inadequate and hostile, and where they risk sudden eviction.
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