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Gotham’s Right-to-Shelter Promise—and Its Homeless Problem

Cruel to Be Kind?

In Bill de Blasio’s New York, a renewed effort to keep a unique obligation to give every person shelter is struggling to keep pace with harsh economic realities.

Josh Robin

Published May 3 2017 1:00AM EDT

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Josh Robin

Josh Robin

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