Posted on January 5, 2018 by Arthur Chi'en in Fox5NY Fox5NY, By Arthur Chi'en New York City estimates 3,000 homeless people live on the streets. While many have sought shelter this week, many others haven’t. These are conditions we find tough, even just to get to the corner. Yet countless New Yorkers have no refuge, as Fox 5 saw across the city this week. We asked the Coalition for the Homeless why many make the choice to remain outside rather than accept the help the city offers. Giselle Routhier said some of them may have had a bad experience in the shelter system and others aren’t willing to try it.
