Posted on July 14, 2015 by Zehra Rehman in Gotham Gazette Gotham Gazette, By Zehra Rehman New York City is home to about 10 percent of the homeless population in the United States. By the end of 2014, the number of homeless in the city’s shelters reached a historic high of nearly 60,000 that included 25,849 children. But since the start of this year, there has been an 11 percent decrease in homeless children. As of July 10, the figure stood at 22,864 homeless children according to city data (with 55,837 total homeless individuals). Traditionally, though, when the school year ends there is a jump in the number of families applying to stay in homeless shelters. This year, New York City may have broken that trend.
