Posted on December 17, 2015 by Will Bredderman in New York Observer New York Observer, By Will Bredderman Two days after announcing the departure of his commissioner of Homeless Services, Mayor Bill de Blasio touted a new initiative to combat what he acknowledged was the most “persistent challenge” of his mayoralty. Speaking at the Association for a Better New York breakfast at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown this morning, Mr. de Blasio rolled out his new Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement Street Action Team—or HOME-STAT. He promised that the new division would address the issues of the 3,000 to 4,000 people living on the city’s streets on an individual by individual basis, and with “unprecedented vigor and attention” beginning in March 2016.
