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Here are some interesting stats on Homelessness in New York City, according to www.ysop.org/statistics.htm

1. Each year 100,000 New Yorkers experience homelessness
2. Each night over 38,000 homeless individuals sleep in the New York City shelter system. This figure includes more than 16,000 children and 8,000 single adults. Thousands more sleep on city streets and public places.
3. Nearly 1 in 20 New York City residents have experienced homelessness.
4. There are over 1,000 soup kitchens and food pantries in New York City and 2, 700 in New York State serving 2 million New Yorkers annually. They will serve 60 million meals this year to hungry men, women and children and every day have to turn away over 2,500 people.
5. It is estimates that between 40% and 50% of homeless single adults residing in the municipal shelter system have a chronic mental illness.

This information is from the Youth Service Opportunities Project who according to the site gathered their statistics from the Coalition for the Homeless


My problems with the information…there are over 1,000 soup kitchens and pantries in New York City and I couldn't tell you where two are. I personally know people with no homes to go to and they couldn't tell me where a fraction of the 1,000 are and get their meals the best way they can. From those who go to social services they damn sure don't get the information there