Yeah, NYC has around 2.5% of the US population and around 10% of its homeless population. And what is really awful is that almost half those are kids.
http://nypost.com/2016/10/20/nyc-homeless-population-reaches-historically-tragic-number/
The number of homeless people in city shelters has exceeded 60,000 for the first time in history, official data revealed Wednesday.
There are now 60,017 individuals being put up by the city — 36,463 adults and
23,554 children — according to the Department of Homeless Services’ “daily report” posted on its Web site.
The agency took credit for predicting the increase, saying that it would increase its efforts to stem the growth.
“As we projected several weeks ago, the shelter population census today reached 60,000,” said agency spokeswoman Lauren Gray.
“We will continue doubling down on the de Blasio administration’s prevention and anti-eviction programs that allowed us to cut the trajectory of growth from the 67,000 originally projected.”
Almost 25 fucking thousand homeless children in the richest city in the country.