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Category: News

City Officials, Homeless Advocates Call For More Affordable Housing To Accommodate Displaced

Posted on February 27, 2013 by admin in CBS New York
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Hundreds of families placed in hotels since Sandy hit the city are being asked to check out

Posted on March 23, 2013 by admin in New York Daily News
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Mayor Bloomberg calls NYC ‘three to 10 times more compassionate’ than other cities

Posted on February 22, 2013 by admin in New York Daily News
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City Will End the Post-Sandy Hotel Program

Posted on March 22, 2013 by admin in Wall Street Journal
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Homeless Department Announces New Plan To Verify Those Using Shelters

Posted on March 18, 2013 by admin in NY1News
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Mayor Hit on Homelessness

Posted on March 18, 2013 by admin in Wall Street Journal
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Homeless Costs Shifted

Posted on March 17, 2013 by admin in Wall Street Journal
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One Night in the Shelter

Posted on March 15, 2013 by admin in Wall Street Journal
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Courts Rein In Bloomberg’s Power to Make Policy

Posted on March 13, 2013 by admin in New York Times
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