Number of New York City homeless reached record in 2010

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Homelessness has reached an all-time high in New York City because of the recession and the policies of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who once vowed to cut homelessness by two-thirds.

City officials complained that the report by the Coalition for the Homeless was skewed and overlooked an improvement in the current fiscal year, but acknowledged public spending cuts impeded their efforts to combat homelessness.

The rise is fueled in part by the effects of the financial crisis and recession from 2007 to 2009. A record 113,553 different people slept in municipal homeless shelters in fiscal 2010, up 9 percent from the previous year and up 39 percent from fiscal 2002 when Bloomberg took office, the coalition said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/us-newyork-homeless-idUSTRE73A7RH20110411

[Mnemosyne]

1. K&R for more visibility. n/t

[marasinghe]

5. yeah; k&r - since this prick is the non-t/p repukes wet dream of a presidential candidate.

elitist a*hole snuck thru' shut-downs of the largest homeless residences in Manhattan in Summer, after he was stopped from doing it in Winter. he's not the same level of scumbag as giuliani; but, more of a danger, since he's smarter & has more credibility & less baggage.

[Earth_First]

2. How does (Bloomberg) sleep at night?!

On 1200 thread-count Egyptian cotten sheets, that's how.

What a disgrace!

[fascisthunter]

3. Funny How Our System allows corruption that in turn Makes People Poor

but when it comes to aiding those who were victims of corruption, we are not allowed to do a damn thing.

Hey conservo-weirdo-brainwashed-monkey? Do you really think that after all these cuts, you as a blue-collar will get to pay less taxes??? Stupid motherfuckers.

[bloomington-lib]

4. I know how to fix it

Lower the corporate tax to 25%! That'll fix all of our problems.