RE: We’re not going to allow a child or family to sleep on the street,” Adams said during a press briefing Tuesday.
Unless they are a homeless veteran.
To be fair, great strides made in NY over this problem:
“In 2011, New York City accounted for 81% of all homeless veterans in the state. By 2022, New York City’s share of homeless veterans was reduced to 49%.”
Office of the New York State Comptroller.gov
Fudged numbers. Where did they ship the homeless veterans to? Upstate NY? That would lower NYC numbers.
Eleven years span with "pandemic" years. If many homeless veterans passed away, the percentage would be lower.