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I don't know when you lived in NYC, but it has certainly gotten worse in the last few years. I'm tempted to date it from the start of the de Blasio administrati
by bradleyjg 9y ago
I don't know when you lived in NYC, but it has certainly gotten worse in the last few years. I'm tempted to date it from the start of the de Blasio administration but I couldn't swear to it.
- throwaway91111 9y agoHow do the homeless survive the winter?
- dmoy 9y agoSome can find shelter. Sometimes open vent grates on the ground provide heat (until they start putting spikes on those). Sometimes you can make fire someplace. Sometimes you have to migrate away. Or, you freeze to death...
- sp332 9y agoWell if you die of a drug overdose, cancer, heart disease, assault, car accidents, or suicide, the cold weather can't get you. http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/03/at-least-212-homeless-people-died-in-fy-2015-report-shows-032657 http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016... http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/01/homeless-deaths-in-new-york-city-increased-in-2016-108761 http://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017...
- bradleyjg 9y agoIn addition to what others have said, NYC is legally mandated to, and mostly does, provide sufficient shelter beds. Some homeless people for a mix of reasons, some quite rational, avoid these shelters. However on the coldest nights of the year they are an option even for people that would usually rather avoid them. A similar story applies for Rikers Island (jail) or the public hospital system.
- jkingsbery 9y agoI work in NYC. Not that I have hard evidence, but that seems about when it got worse to me too.