NY Saw Whopping 53% Spike in Homelessness in 2024 — Largely Due to Migrants in NYC Shelters: Feds; Mayor Adams Unveils $650M Plan to Help Mentally Ill, Homeless New Yorkers in State of the City Speech

NY saw whopping 53% spike in homelessness in 2024 — largely due to migrants in NYC shelters: feds

New York faced a whopping 53% spike in homelessness last year — marking the highest per capita rate in the nation — thanks largely to the influx of migrants housed in Big Apple shelters, according to the feds.

The Empire State had more than 158,000 people without a permanent roof over their head — out of more than 771,000 homeless people counted in the US in 2024, a new report by the US Department of Housing and Development found.

Clearing eviction backlogs dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic, low affordable housing supply and sharp increase in rent prices, as well as the migrant crisis in Gotham were all cited in the report that resulted in New York having 81 people struggling with homelessness for every 10,000.

Migrants staying in emergency shelters throughout the five boroughs “accounted for almost 88% of the increase in sheltered homelessness in New York City,” the HUD report released last month states.

As of Monday, there were nearly 60,000 migrants living in city shelters, according to officials. Between Dec. 30 and this past Sunday, 400 new migrants arrived while 1,300 left city care, City Hall said.

More than 200,000 migrants have reached the city since the spring of 2022. At its peak, the city was housing nearly 70,000 migrants last spring. —>READ MORE HERE

Mayor Adams unveils $650M plan to help mentally ill, homeless New Yorkers in State of the City speech:

Mayor Eric Adams touted a $650 million plan to tackle homelessness and get mentally ill New Yorkers off the streets and out of subways during his State of the City speech Thursday – as he begged Albany for more help tackling the Big Apple’s ongoing crisis.

The ambitious, five-year proposal — which is set to include a special new facility to house and treat mentally ill New Yorkers — follows a spate of frightening underground attacks that have plagued the transit system of late.

“Subways, serious mental illness, and shelters: that is how we make a renewed commitment to tackling street homelessness,” Hizzoner said during an annual address at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater that was filled with all the pomp and circumstance of a campaign event.

He also again called on Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature to expand the city’s powers to remove mentally ill New Yorkers from public spaces.

“We can do this, New York City. But we need Albany’s help as well. We have seen the tragic consequences when severe mental illness on our streets and subways goes unchecked, which is why we must pass the Supportive Interventions Act,” Adams said.

“This crucial legislation will help us get those in need the care they deserve, provide assistance to those who can no longer care for themselves, and keep all New Yorkers safe.”

Adams’ plan — which City Hall claimed would be the largest investment ever to combat Gotham’s homelessness crisis — was trumpeted by the Democrat amid his looming federal corruption trial and as he braces for a crowded primary election come June.

The “innovative” new facility that’ll be built as part of the plan, and run by Health + Hospitals, will offer shelter, and psychiatric care and substance abuse treatment for homeless mentally ill New Yorkers — and help them secure permanent housing, Adams said.

The $13 million “pilot program,” as described by a City Hall rep, would create a 100-bed supportive housing facility that would provide shelter to people leaving psychiatric facilities but are not yet ready to be fully live alone without support to continue their meds and treatment, officials said.

The proposal is still very much in its infancy — with no site lined up yet for the massive, community-based group home, Anne Williams-Isom, the deputy mayor for health and human services, told The Post.

The initiative would also add 900 “Safe Haven” beds, which will be spread across the city, to house the homeless and transition them to permanent housing — bringing the total to 4,900. Under the proposal, 100 beds will be added to serve runaway and homeless youth ages 21-24. —>READ MORE HERE

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