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De Blasio Turns Corner to Put Street Homeless on Fast Track to Homes

Dec. 17, 2019, 9:41 p.m.April 6, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

Commitment to place 2,000 people in “safe havens” and apartments comes amid resistance to stays in strict and sometimes dangerous shelters.

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Halfway Into Homeless Revamp, Work Lags as Hotel Use Grows

Aug. 26, 2019, 4:10 a.m.April 7, 2020, 12:47 p.m.

While conversions to permanent housing have helped shrink the number of homeless families, transition to promised 90 new shelters proves slow going.

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