Adi Talwar
December 12th, 2017: In the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, Miriam Rivera in Santa hat speaking with Housing Outreach team from Goddard Riverside Community Center. Rivera has been homeless for three years.
Gov. Cuomo and editorial writers often chide the city about doing more to get street homeless people into shelters. A few nights with one of New York’s street outreach teams reveals the issue is more complex than the slogans suggest.
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