By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer NEW YORK CITY — The city will spend more than $800 million this year on homeless shelters — an increa...

A new report reveals the number of people living in homeless shelters has surpassed 50,000 people a night-- a record high for the city and a 19 percen...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that "no one is sleeping on the streets" in New York City, NY1 reports. The comment-- in response to a New ...

As officials work to accomodate the New York City's rising homelessness population, many wealthy neighborhoods have voiced their dismay over shelters ...

NEW YORK -- With a grand entryway of ornate white stonework, the elegant building seems to blend right into this Manhattan neighborhood of multimillio...

NEW YORK -- New York City plans to open at least five new homeless shelters by the end of the year. The expansion is in response to a sharp increase ...

City records show the number of homeless children living in New York City shelters rose to a staggering 19,000 last week, The Daily News reports. ...

New York has always chosen the road less travelled when it came to serving the homeless. But the city's generous right to shelter policy has become a road that brings many more to New York than we can serve.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city's homeless population is flooded with out-of-town homeless visitors seeking refuge, and suggested current shelte...

The Department of Education and Department of Homeless Services must work together to address the needs of homeless students, and better track the data surrounding attendance and graduation rates among this population.

A woman spent her last few hours sleeping on a sidewalk outside St. Brigid's Church on Avenue B. The Tompkins Square Park regular was found dead Sund...

By mandating that our residents set aside money, we teach them to budget and save: a life skill that is especially critical for those who are poor and thus have little to no room for error in their finances.

Whenever a budget battle happens, safety net services come under the gun. Albany should take a close look at innovative programs that provide needed services while offsetting spiraling expenditures in other areas.