Posted on November 23, 2015 by Brendan Cheney in Politico New York Politico New York, By Brendan Cheney Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s early move to increase funding for unsheltered homeless people, that population appears to be growing faster than the city’s efforts to address its needs. De Blasio has expanded outreach teams that contact and develop relationships to help unsheltered homeless people, and his administration has added more of the type of temporary shelters, called Safe Havens, that are preferred by unsheltered homeless people.
