CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Homeless New Yorkers Need Housing, Not Policing
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The mayor ‘can and should secure vacant hotel rooms for homeless New Yorkers, including those who are street homeless.’
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Mayor de Blasio visits the Street Homelessness Joint Command Center in Lower Manhattan in January. Advocates have called on the mayor to invest more in housing options, and less on surveillance.