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The bedraggled veteran draped in a flag, begging for spare change, has been one of the most persistent images of homelessness in this country. In New York City, however, it is a sight that may be fading from view. Even as city officials have struggled to cope ..Read More

Homeless New Yorkers gave the cold shoulder Sunday to Gov. Cuomo’s order that could force them off the streets when the temperature dips below freezing. “Hell no, I won’t go to a shelter! How’s that even lawful? You can’t force people off a public st ..Read More

As an arctic front barreled toward the New York City region, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order on Sunday requiring local governments across the state to take homeless people off the streets to shelters in freezing temperatures. The order, which go ..Read More

The homeless crisis Mayor de Blasio inherited – many years in the making – has been exacerbated by skyrocketing housing costs and stagnant wages for low-income families. The Mayor did well in reversing the failed approach of his predecessor by incr ..Read More

Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo could become the first mayor and governor in decades who fail to set aside their differences to jointly fund a housing program for homeless New Yorkers. De Blasio recently announced a new city plan for what’s called suppor ..Read More

We talk often about affordable housing on Long Island. Mostly, we think of young workers still living with their parents, or older adults who no longer want their sprawling homes. Rarely do we think of the Long Islanders who are homeless. But we must. There ar ..Read More

The goal, ending chronic homelessness, sounded like the stuff of fairy tales when it was announced a few years ago. It seemed more like do-gooders tilting at windmills than an actual goal that could plausibly be achieved. But, surprise: It’s happening in Buf ..Read More

The newly renovated townhouse on Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn was described as being ideal for a family. “Be the first to live in this,” a rental advertisement says. Instead, about 36 men squeeze inside the building, climbing into bunk beds at night, waiting i ..Read More

Tisha Houser’s new apartment in Harlem is a work in progress — though she has no furniture yet, she does have a Christmas tree, and a place to call ‘home.’ As CBS2’s Kenneth Craig reported, Houser’s family spent nearly two years living in one of Ne ..Read More