Word on the Street: Homeless map app
A new smartphone app is stirring up debate across the city. Map the Homeless allows users to share pictures and locations of homeless people sighted around New York. Creators say the app raises
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Nov 13, 2015, 1:04 AM
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Updated 3,351 days ago
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A new smartphone app is stirring up debate across the city.
Map the Homeless allows users to share pictures and locations of homeless people sighted around New York.
Creators say the app raises awareness of a pressing social problem, but critics say it encourages the harassment of homeless people.
News 12 asked residents in Canarsie what they thought about the app.
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