Hevesi plan would combat homeless crisis, save taxpayers millions (TimesLedger)

TimesLedger, September 22, 2016

Hevesi plan would combat homeless crisis, save taxpayers millions

“Hevesi also anticipates savings on related services such as emergency room visits, law enforcement costs, housing court costs, and programs and shelters for runaway youth. Just preventing the process of eviction has the potential to save taxpayers millions of dollars. A recent analysis by the New York City Bar Association found that preventing the evictions of roughly 5,000 households could save $251 million a year in New York City alone. Last month, the city hit a record of 59,373 people in shelters. This comes at a time when New York leads the nation with it homeless population, which includes more than 130,000 children statewide, according to Hevesi.”

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