In a City Council Hearing last week, Taylor could not give an accurate number for the amount of people living on city streets, or for the number of admissions to
city homeless shelters since de Blasio took office.
Not exact matches
During her address at the forum co-sponsored by Care for the
Homeless and Long Island University's Master of Public Administration program, James noted that as of April 17, there are more than 61,000 individuals sleeping in the
city's
shelter system, which includes 23,000 children — and said that homelessness «is at the highest level in New York
since the Great Depression.»
At a
City Council hearing last week, Taylor was unable to say how many homeless people were currently living on the streets — which de Blasio pegged at 3,000 to 4,000 — or had entered city shelters since he was appoin
City Council hearing last week, Taylor was unable to say how many
homeless people were currently living on the streets — which de Blasio pegged at 3,000 to 4,000 — or had entered
city shelters since he was appoin
city shelters since he was appointed.
The number of
homeless people living in
shelters in New York
City has significantly jumped
since Advantage ended, climbing from 42,033 by the end of 2011 to 60,296 in January 2016.
The
city's Department of
Homeless Services alone has increased its spending on
shelters, prevention and rental assistance by nearly 62 percent
since Fiscal Year 2014, from $ 1 billion to $ 1.69 billion in the current fiscal year.
Although the
city has opened 31 new
homeless shelters since 2014, largely «without controversy, in some cases... communities have demonstrated significant opposition to
shelter openings,» the plan said.
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City Comptroller John Liu has rejected a five year contract for two controversial homeless shelters installed last summer on West 95th Street, to the relief of critics who have railed against them since their «emergency» opening and the consternation of city officials who blasted it as political grandstand
City Comptroller John Liu has rejected a five year contract for two controversial
homeless shelters installed last summer on West 95th Street, to the relief of critics who have railed against them
since their «emergency» opening and the consternation of
city officials who blasted it as political grandstand
city officials who blasted it as political grandstanding.
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Since 1995, the not - for - profit organization has been responsible for New York
City's municipal
shelter system, caring for rescued animals and finding loving homes for
homeless, injured, neglected, abused, and abandoned animals in all five of the boroughs in New York
City.
Since 2010, the organization has challenged top Manhattan architecture firms to come up with whimsical yet practical winter
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As a not - for - profit organization
since 1995, New York
City Animal Care & Control has been responsible for New York
City's municipal
shelter system, rescuing, caring for, and finding loving homes for
homeless and abandoned animals in New York
City.
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since: 2008 What it does: Provides meals, clothes, and
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