Posted on March 19, 2015 by Caitlin Nolan and Erin Durkin in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Caitlin Nolan and Erin Durkin Jessica Pendergrass huddled in the wind with her 12-year-old daughter, her eyes red from crying as they waited for a place to spend the night. “I’m homeless, me and my daughter,” said Pendergass – like 116,000 other New Yorkers including 42,000 children who sought shelter last year, according to a new Coalition for the Homeless Report.