De Blasio outlines plan to fight homelessness
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration will ask for $40 million in state funds to help fight homelessness in New York City.
The number of people living on the streets of the nation’s largest city has dramatically increased in recent years.
City officials say that more than 53,000 people — including 23,000 children — are currently homeless.
The center of the administration’s plan is a new rental assistance program.