Hindering The Homeless

The city ordered nearly two dozen churches to stop providing shelter to New York City’s homeless population. By law, emergency shelters must operate a minimum of five days a week... or not at all. Unfortunately, the closed churches didn’t have the resources to stay open that long. It’s sad when the economy is increasing homelessness while the city is squeezing out the homeless. The Department of Homeless Services claims that there was plenty of space available in other shelters. Maybe that's true. Maybe not. But why decline help from any organization during desperate times?

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