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NYC’s Unsheltered Homeless Population Reaches Highest Number in More Than a Decade

A homeless person created a make-shift sleeping area under an awning near the Dekalb Avenue station in Brooklyn.

An estimated 4,140 people were counted sleeping on New York City streets and subways during a federally-mandated annual survey, the highest number of unsheltered homeless people tallied in more than a decade. The number of unsheltered homeless people counted this year during the HOPE count (Homeless Outreach Population Estimate) was up slightly from last year, […]

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