Yesterday, it was announced that the Dow Jones reached a record high. At the same time, it was revealed that some 50,000 people slept in New York City's homeless shelters on a nightly basis in January. A report from Coalition for the Homeless also showed that the number of children sleeping in homeless shelters jumped by 22 percent to over 21,000 in just a year.
The report claims that there are more homeless adults and children in New York City than any time "since the Great Depression."
The Bloomberg administration has been criticized for denying homeless families shelter when temperatures dip below zero. The report states that homeless families account for 78 percent of the people staying in the city's shelters, and that figure has jumped by 73 percent under Bloomberg.
Dana Rubinstein of Capital NY was able to get a reaction from Bloomberg:
Coalition for the Homeless decided to return fire:
The claws are out.
[via Gothamist]
