Posted on January 8, 2016 by Nikita Stewart in The New York Times The New York Times, By Nikita Stewart Mayor Bill de Blasio, in his latest attempt to address New York City’s homelessness crisis, unveiled a plan on Friday to add 300 shelter beds for older teenagers, an age group that advocates say is underserved and especially vulnerable to suicide and sex trafficking. Many homeless adolescents are or were runaways. Often they have fled homophobia in their own families, only to find their sexual orientation unwelcome in traditional homeless shelters, which has led advocates to push the city to add to the 453 beds it now has for people ages 16 to 20.
