NYC Faces Homeless Epidemic Not Seen Since The Great Depression

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http://gothamist.com/2013/03/05/nyc_faces_homeless_epidemic_not_see.php
NYC Faces Homeless Epidemic Not Seen Since The Great Depression People not having homes and living a lower quality of life have risen greatly. It’s insane how the number of children sleeping in homeless shelters has increased by 22% in one year. It went up to 21,034 children; this number has to go down as soon as possible. I simply cannot believe 50,000 people slept in New York City’s homeless shelter every night in January. It is absurd and now with today’s life, it is so hard to even find a job, I think it’s going to make even more people become homeless. In this article it was said that “Recently the Bloomberg administration has been criticized for denying homeless families continuous shelter when the temperature drops below zero.” How can one possibly do that to these families, they need a place to stay they need warmth, and the way this economy is, life has become very expensive. “Homeless families make up 78% of people staying in the city's administrative shelters, a number that has risen by 73% since Bloomberg took office,” so why does he have the right to deny the families?! The economy is nowhere near where it used to be and it’s not only affecting the people who don’t have money, its affecting everyone. In this article it was said that the city is working to find employment for the homeless, and I’m glad they are doing that because it will get them to move forward in life and off the