Conditions at the airports reflect the growth of homelessness in the most populous U.S. city. Every night, more than 60,000 people—almost 26,000 of them children—sleep in shelters, an increase of about 20,000 in three years, according to the Coalition for the Homeless, a New York-based advocacy group.
City officials estimate that an additional 3,357 homeless people (pdf) were living on streets, in parks, and in other public places in 2014, an increase of 6 percent over the previous year. Homeless advocates say that number is much higher .... http://www.bloomberg.com
