Posted on August 26, 2015 by Ben Chapman and Lisa L. Colangelo in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Ben Chapman and Lisa L. Colangelo About 87,000 New York City school children were living in homeless shelters or temporary housing in the 2013-2014 school year, according to a new report on the latest available figures. The number has shot up a whopping 71% since 2007-2008, when about 51,000 homeless students attended city schools. In the last year alone, there were about 6,600 more homeless students in the schools, according to the report by the non-profit Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness.
