City takes action to help homeless during unhealthy air quality alert
The deployed teams will also be following up with those who have respiratory illnesses.
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City officials are taking initiative across all five boroughs by deploying outreach teams to help unsheltered New Yorkers amid the unhealthy air alert.
A collaborative effort between the Department of Social Services and the Department of Homeless Services is working to connect New Yorkers experiencing homelessness with shelter, low-barrier programs and drop-in centers.
The deployed teams will also be following up with those who have respiratory illnesses.
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The Coalition for the Homeless says there were 68,884 homeless people, including 21,805 homeless children, reported in the shelter system in December 2022.
