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'During our subway monitoring, we watched NYPD remove a man with one shoe into the streets on a night when it was raining. Imagine a world where instead, an outreach team met the individual and got him a pair of shoes. The trust developed in this interaction, even if they were not able to set him up with a place to stay that night, would set the outreach teams up for success rather than failure.'
‘The city and state must recognize that people who have experienced homelessness are the experts and listen to them, value and validate their experiences, and create solutions with them, not for them.’
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