CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Hostile Laws, Hateful Acts Bolster Stigma Against Homeless
Jeff Foreman |
From poor doors to subway arrests to demonstrations outside a hotel in Queens, the poor and homeless face a broad menu of stigmatization.
Memorial in a Bronx churchyard for Bill Murphy, a homeless man who died in 2010 under circumstances that police believed were accidental but friends and family found suspicious.
From poor doors to subway arrests to demonstrations outside a hotel in Queens, the poor and homeless face a broad menu of stigmatization.
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