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Op-Ed: Fixing New York City’s Homelessness Crisis Is an American Priority

In May 2021, almost 52,000 New Yorkers – including 15,930 children – were sleeping in shelters, the highest rate of homelessness the city has experienced since the Great Depression. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In particular, African Americans, Latinx Americans and other people of color are disproportionately, devastatingly impacted by COVID-19 and are also disproportionately entrapped with homelessness across America. The New York City homeless rates are at the tipping point of this growing national problem.

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