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Homelessness In Westchester – Part One: Westchester County is Denying Help to Its Homeless

While currently dysfunctional due to lack of beds, The New York City shelter system is supposed to be entered by walking into an intake center. The homeless stay there while being assessed by caseworkers and doctors who help decide which shelter or housing they will be sent to.

Westchester has full-service shelters,* and an intake/assessment center in Valhalla. But to enter our system, the…

Homelessness In Yonkers: City Wants To Shut Down Services For Homeless

Before the city of Yonkers started shutting down services for the homeless themselves it tried other methods. Allegedly, at meetings for years the city’s development commissioner Wilson Kimball had pressured Saint John’s Church (their landlord) to close them down. Once she reportedly turned to the (now former) priest and said “why don’t you just cut their lease.”

The city and county agreed to…