Homelessness in New York City
New York City is the most populated city in the United States with a population of 8,550,405, with more than 27,000 people per square mile (www1.nyc.gov). As of March 2016, the number of people in homeless shelters each night was said to be 60,144. The number of people living in shelters each night is ninety one percent higher than it was ten years ago (Coalition for the Homeless). On top of that, “at least 3,100 more sleep on the streets and subways in the dead of…
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