De Blasio’s plan for street homeless aims for 1,000 new units

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a plan Tuesday to house thousands of people living on New York City’s streets. The goal: end long-term street homelessness in five years. The plan, to cost $100 million, aims to have developers and nonprofits create 1,000 permanent housing units for the city’s homeless. The number of transitional beds — in informal shelters — will also be increased by 1,000, bringing the total to 2,800 across the five boroughs. “The

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