The New York Daily News focuses on the de Blasio Administration's efforts to combat a growing number of homeless in New York City.
"The homeless population has risen to an all-time high, forcing the de Blasio administration to house desperate families in decrepit tenements red-flagged by the city’s own inspectors as hazardous," according to an article by Harry Stevens and Greg B. Smith.
The article presents a few statistics to measure the trends of homelessness in New York:
- "By mid-December, the homeless census reached a record 59,068" but the Coalition for the Homeless "says it peaked even higher at 60,352."
- "The homeless count, according to the city and the coalition, includes 25,000 children."
- And the current figures represent a "10% jump from the 53,615 in shelters on de Blasio’s Inauguration Day."
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