City Council: How Many Homeless People are in New York?

The head of the City Council’s committee on homelessness pressed officials Wednesday for an accurate count of people living on the streets — and an explanation for why so many people think Mayor de Blasio has made the problem worse.

“The narrative out there is that de Blasio has done something wrong with homelessness,” said Councilman Steve Levin (D-Brooklyn), chair of the General Welfare committee. “You have presidential candidates saying this. This has become a national perception, not just a perception of New Yorkers.”