Posted on August 31, 2015 by Courtney Gross in NY1 NY1, By Courtney Gross To tackle homelessness, the de Blasio administration has been providing rental assistance to homeless families trying to get them out of shelter and into permanent housing. They are now planning to do the same thing for single adults. NY1’s Courtney Gross filed this report. Decades ago, these two fought in the marines. Now, they sleep at a homeless shelter on the East Side of Manhattan.