Posted on October 19, 2015 by Mark D. Levine and Mary Brosnahan in The New York Times The New York Times, By Mark D. Levine and Mary Brosnahan With over 58,000 people in our shelter system every night, and thousands more sleeping on the streets, concern about homelessness in New York City has reached a fever pitch. We must attack this challenge on every front: through construction of more housing with on-site services, expanded federal support for homeless families and improvements in city-run shelters. But the best solution to homelessness is preventing it before it even occurs.
