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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 3w

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Karen Bass's broken promise on homelessness in Venice
Karen Bass likes to tout LA's progress in reducing homelessness. Last July, for example, she claimed that the city's annual homeless count had declined for two years in a row.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· 3w

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NYC spends as much per homeless person as median income
A new report from the New York State Comptroller Office reveals New York City spent roughly as much per homeless person as the city's median household income last fiscal year.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 3w

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NYC spent roughly $81K per person on homeless services last year:...
New York City spent roughly $81,000 per person on homeless services last year -- amounting to a whopping $368 million in total bills, a shocking new state report found.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 3w

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Joe Rogan goes on epic rant about rampant California fraud: 'F-k you!'
Podcast king Joe Rogan unleashed a profanity-laced tirade about what he called rampant government "waste and fraud" in California -- blasting politicians and pundits who say wealthy taxpayers simply need to "pay their fair share.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 3w

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Exclusive | Mamdani administration inks $1.9B, 3-year contract to house homeless...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration has inked a new nearly $1. 9 billion contract with the city's hotel industry to provide emergency shelter to homeless families over the next three years, The Post has learned.
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The New York Times News source @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship
A joint effort with the Justice Department creates new authority to compel veterans into institutional or involuntary care.
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Newsweek News source @newsweek.com · New York 🇺🇸· 4w

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VA change impacting thousands of veterans gets mixed reaction
The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing criticism from housing and civil rights advocates following the announcement of a new partnership with the Department of Justice.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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Woman brutally beaten at MacArthur Park while feeding homeless
A woman known for feeding the homeless each week in MacArthur Park was savagely attacked with a metal pipe while serving meals, leaving her with a shattered jaw and six teeth knocked out, according to a fundraiser created to help cover her mounting medical bills.
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CBS News News source @cbsnews.com · New York 🇺🇸· 4w

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New program from Denver Rescue Mission keeps families in homes through crisis times
As the economy tightens, families with children are facing homelessness at an alarming rate. Denver Rescue Mission is meeting the need with a new pilot program that is heading off homelessness before it happens.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· 4w

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#FreeBritney was a mistake -- and exposes society's failures in...
Britney Spears was arrested late Wednesday near her Los Angeles home for allegedly driving under the influence -- yet another unsettling chapter in the story of one of America's most famous and tragic celebrities.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 5

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LA City Hall showdown over $1.3B homeless spending debate
That's what Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez told the Housing and Homelessness Committee in a passionate opening speech Wednesday as Los Angeles leaders wrestled with a major question: should the city finally break away from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
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AP NEWS News source @apnews.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 4

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Government funds Hilo shelter without safety exits or fire inspection
An emergency shelter for women in Hilo with funding from the state and county hasn't been inspected by county fire inspectors since it opened five years ago, and the bedrooms lack the required emergency exits.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 4

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Gavin Newsom accused of passing the buck on CA's problems as he eyes...
Gov. Gavin Newsom is under fire for shifting blame to counties for his struggling homelessness plan -- the latest example, critics say, of him "passing the buck" on California's problems as he eyes a presidential bid.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 3

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NYC homeless man sleeping inside Penn Station set on fire by 3 young men
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK -- A homeless man sleeping inside Penn Station in Midtown was set on fire by three young men, police said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 3

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NYC homeless man sleeping inside Penn Station set on fire by 3 young men
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A homeless man sleeping inside Penn Station in Midtown was set on fire by three young men, police said Tuesday.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 3

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Exclusive | Mamdani admin admits 7 other New Yorkers died indoors from cold -- as...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration admitted that an additional seven New Yorkers froze to death indoors -- bringing the tally of fatalities from the recent stretch of frigid weather to 29.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 3

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Utah lawmakers plan to fund governor's homelessness overhaul -- if cities pay up
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Utah legislative leadership carved out $70 million to pay for Gov.
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Yahoo News source @yahoo.com · Sunnyvale, California 🇺🇸· Mar 2

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What happened at Hebron and what it says about Nevada's housing safety net
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Hebron Transitional Housing complex in Las Vegas closed last month under its original nonprofit leadership and was transformed into an extended stay weekly rental property, there was no press conference.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 2

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They're not 'encampments' -- they're gang shanties
The California Post has reported the shocking story that many homeless encampments around LA aren't just places where the poor, addicted, and mentally ill take refuge.
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New York Post News source @nypost.com · New York City 🇺🇸· Mar 2

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Exclusive | Gangs turn LA's homeless camps into squalid ATMs - collecting rent...
On Los Angeles streets, tents aren't just signs of homelessness -- they're where gangs openly deal drugs, sell women and collect rent.