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Over 200,000 members of the population were estimated to be temporarily doubled up in the homes of others, so the total estimate reaches nearly 350,000 homeless people, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of homeless individuals residing in NYC's shelter system has skyrocketed in the past year, rising 53% in 2024 when compared to the statistics in 2023, despite efforts from <a href="/wiki/Eric_Adams" title="Eric Adams">Mayor Eric Adams</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_New_York&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_the_Homeless" title="Coalition for the Homeless">Coalition for the Homeless</a>, a New York-based <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">non-profit organization</a>, reports that 30% of single adults entering the shelter system each year enter directly from institutional settings.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018 6,100 adults entered from institutional settings, including: 3,466 from prison, 1,294 from non-hospital facilities (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Nursing_home_care_in_the_United_States" title="Nursing home care in the United States">nursing homes</a>), 760 from <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital" title="Psychiatric hospital">psychiatric hospitals</a>, and 580 discharged from <a href="/wiki/Rikers_Island" title="Rikers Island">Rikers Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, 59% of Single Adults in shelters were Black, 27% were Hispanic, 10% were White (non-Hispanic), 4% Unknown/other, and 0.4% Asian/Pacific Islander.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Black people are disproportionately homeless, making up 29% of NYC residents (35% difference). Whites are underrepresented, making up 32% of NYC residents (22% difference).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NYC Asian homeless population is marginally higher than the statistic shown above, and found in Chinatown based shelters or are on the streets. </p><p>As of 2024, additional demographic data was released, revealing that 71% of those in homeless shelters were part of families, which included 45,852 children. 45% were new arrivals, consisting of 65,731 individuals, suggesting a significant increase in the homeless problem. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_New_York&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979, a New York City lawyer, Robert Hayes, brought a <a href="/wiki/Class_action" title="Class action">class action</a> suit before the courts, <i><a href="/wiki/Callahan_v._Carey" title="Callahan v. Carey">Callahan v. Carey</a></i>, against the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">City</a> and State, arguing for a person's state constitutional "<a href="/wiki/Right_to_housing" title="Right to housing">right to shelter</a>". It was settled as a consent decree in August 1981. The City and State agreed to provide board and shelter to all homeless men who met the need standard for welfare or who were homeless by certain other standards. By 1983 this right was extended to homeless women. Despite this, 70% of homeless refuse shelter and help when assist programs approach them. [citation needed] </p><p>In March 2013, the New York City Department of Homeless Services reported that the sheltered homeless population consisted of:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>27,844 adults</li> <li>20,627 children</li> <li>48,471 total individuals</li></ul> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_the_Homeless" title="Coalition for the Homeless">Coalition for the Homeless</a>, the homeless population of New York rose to an all-time high in 2011. A reported 113,552 people slept in the city's emergency shelters in 2010, including over 40,000 children; marking an 8 percent increase from the previous year, and a 37 percent increase from 2002. There was also a rise in the number of families relying on shelters, approximately 29,000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2021)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> That is an increase of 80% from 2002. About half of the people who slept in shelter in 2010 returned for housing in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wsws.org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsws.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, New York's <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Department_of_Homeless_Services" title="New York City Department of Homeless Services">Department of Homeless Services</a> (DHS) created HomeBase,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a network of neighborhood-based services, to help tenants in housing crisis to remain in their communities and avoid entering shelter. Tenants can visit HomeBase locations<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> within their neighborhoods to receive services to prevent eviction, assistance obtaining public benefits, emergency rental assistance and more. Brooklyn nonprofit <a href="/wiki/CAMBA,_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="CAMBA, Inc">CAMBA, Inc</a> operates several HomeBase locations as well as an outfitted "You Can Van," which uses data on pending evictions to travel throughout the borough and offer help.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>According to DHS, 64 percent of those applying for emergency shelter in 2010 were denied. Several were denied because they were said to have family who could house them when in actuality this might not have been the case. Applicants may have faced overcrowding, unsafe conditions, or may have had relatives unwilling to house them. According to Mary Brosnaham, spokeswoman for Coalition for the Homeless, the administration of Mayor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a> employs a deliberate policy of "active deterrence".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Bowery_Mission" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowery Mission">Bowery Mission</a>, "In most cases, multiple factors are involved [in homelessness]. Common ones include: mental illness, substance abuse, untreated medical issues, traumatic events, violence and abuse, lack of affordable housing and difficulty sustaining employment."<sup id="cite_ref-What_causes_homelessness?_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-What_causes_homelessness?-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Housing_Authority" title="New York City Housing Authority">New York City Housing Authority</a> is experiencing record demand for subsidized housing assistance. However, just 13,000 of the 29,000 families who applied were admitted into the public housing system or received federal housing vouchers known as <a href="/wiki/Section_8_(housing)" title="Section 8 (housing)">Section 8</a> in 2010. Due to budget cuts there have been no new applicants accepted to receive Section 8.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2010, there were protests about the Governor's proposed cut of $65 million in annual funding to the homeless adult services system.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bloomberg administration announced an immediate halt to the Advantage program, threatening to cast 15,000 families back into the shelters or onto the streets. A court has delayed the cut until May 2011 because there was doubt over the legality of cancelling the city's commitment. However, the Advantage program<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> itself was consciously advanced by the Bloomberg administration as an alternative to providing long-term affordable housing opportunities for the poor and working class. </p><p>The result, as the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_the_Homeless" title="Coalition for the Homeless">Coalition for the Homeless</a> report points out, is that "Thousands of formerly-homeless children and families have been forced back into homelessness. In addition, Mayor Bloomberg proposed $37 million in cuts to the city's budget for homeless services this year."<sup id="cite_ref-wsws.org_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsws.org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, DHS's budget was $2.15 billion. It fluctuated over the next few years, with 2021's proposed budget being slightly lower at $2.13 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-Report_of_the_Finance_Division_on_the_Fiscal_2021_Preliminary_Plan_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report_of_the_Finance_Division_on_the_Fiscal_2021_Preliminary_Plan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Homeless encampments have long featured prominently in the landscape of American cities. A vicious anti-homeless campaign called 'Peek-A-Boo, We See You Too' led by a union of NYPD officers sparked an uproar about the presence of homeless people more generally. Urban financialization in particular has focused on the city's stock of low-income rent stabilized housing. The warehousing of vacant buildings by speculators led to an increase in homeless encampments.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022 the population of New York's homeless shelters increased as more asylum seekers arrived.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="HOME-STAT">HOME-STAT</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_New_York&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: HOME-STAT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, Bill de Blasio introduced HOME-STAT (Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement Street Action Teams). HOME-STAT is a city-wide case management system which compiles information on unsheltered homelessness from 311 calls and street canvassing teams.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outreach teams include staff from different agencies including the Department of Homeless Services, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" title="New York City Police Department">NYPD</a>, and other social service agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The core <a href="/wiki/Axiom" title="Axiom">tenets</a> of HOME-STAT are: <a href="/wiki/Proactivity" title="Proactivity">proactive</a> canvassing from Canal Street to 145th Street to identify "hotspots of persistent homelessness presence," immediate response to 311 calls by expanding the number of city street outreach staff and NYPD officers assigned to the Homeless Outreach Unit, and the creation of a city-wide case management system that facilitates "continuous monitoring and outreach" and "rapid response to individual problems."<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under HOME-STAT, the city has created a by-name list of individuals known to outreach teams, confirmed to be experiencing homelessness, and currently engaged by outreach teams.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city encourages New Yorkers to call 311 when they see individuals, they believe to be homeless, and call 911 if the individual seems to be a risk to themselves or others.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This relies on individual New Yorkers to <i>assume</i> someone to be homeless and creates a division between New Yorkers with reliable shelter and without, encouraging people to use the city as an intermediary. The city labels homeless individuals who avoid the city's shelters as "service resistant".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Coalition_for_the_Homeless" title="Coalition for the Homeless">Coalition for the Homeless</a> reported that the city's shelters struggle with 3 main issues including: "large-scale capital needs, routine cleaning and maintenance, and dehumanizing treatment by shelter staff."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coalition for the Homeless explains that these conditions create an unsafe, degrading and dehumanizing environment for those who stay in shelters.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crimes_relating_to_begging_in_New_York">Crimes relating to begging in New York</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_New_York&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Crimes relating to begging in New York"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Begging_laws_in_New_York" title="Begging laws in New York">Begging laws in New York</a></div> <p>The administration of laws and regulations relating to begging in the state of New York is largely performed by each of the 62 cities of the state. Many of the state of New York's largest cities have introduced laws in the last decade prohibiting 'aggressive begging' in some form. The 1993 <i>Loper</i> case was a challenge to the state-wide law in the New York Penal Code §240.35(1) which made it an offence to loiter in a public place for the purpose of begging. New York City Police Department rarely issued fines under this law, but used it to 'move on' beggars.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>Loper</i>, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals found begging in this case to be a First Amendment right, but still legal to ban in subways. A similar judgement was made in <i>International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee</i> in regard to New York City's airports, which found it reasonable to ban such activities in airports.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the law still technically remained in force in the rest of New York state until it was repealed in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some people in New York state were charged under that section of the law after <i>Loper</i>, but before it was repealed.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Civil liberties groups have campaigned against the more targeted aggressive begging laws,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, they have been found to comply with the First Amendment. In 2010, New York City's current aggressive begging laws also withstood challenge in <i>People v. Stroman</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_New_York&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_housing_shortage" title="New York City housing shortage">New York City housing shortage</a></li></ul> <p><b>General:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States_by_state" title="Homelessness in the United States by state">Homelessness in the United States by state</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/The_City_We_Became" title="The City We Became">The City We Became</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Rent_War" title="Anti-Rent War">1839-1845 Anti-Rent War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_New_York_City_Rent_Strike" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 New York City Rent Strike">1904 New York City Rent Strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_New_York_City_Rent_Strike" class="mw-redirect" title="1907 New York City Rent Strike">1907 New York City Rent Strike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918-20_New_York_City_rent_strikes" class="mw-redirect" title="1918-20 New York City rent strikes">1918-20 New York City rent strikes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_Delaware&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Homelessness in Delaware (page does not exist)">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Florida" title="Homelessness in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homelessness_in_Idaho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Homelessness in Idaho (page does not exist)">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Iowa">Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Kentucky">Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Maine" title="Homelessness in Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Maryland">Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in 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