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Reporter Hunter Riggall is spending time in shelters and homeless camps, poring over federal, state and local data on the homeless and interviewing the homeless and those rendering aid.
Jefferson County Public Schools is facing scrutiny for its handling of transportation for homeless students, with many students being denied transportation to their school of origin. Federal law ...
Until recently, the 33-year-old's life was happy and stable. Image: Chloe Leighton ended up homeless after her father was unable to care for her Then last November, her father had a stroke and was ...
TULSA, Okla. — Grayson Botts found himself homeless at just 17 years old. A fight with his parents made him feel like his only option was leaving home. That decision was the catalyst of a two ...
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- People in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn are fired up about a homeless shelter going up in the neighborhood. Residents say they thought it was affordable housing.
Enraged Brooklyn residents are accusing the city of a “bait and switch” to replace a building slated for affordable housing with a new homeless shelter. Hundreds of protesters — including ...
While it may look like progress to shut down a large homeless encampment, these closures fail to address the underlying causes of Nashville’s housing crisis. On March 31, dozens of residents at ...
Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative ...
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into homeless shelters in New York City, CBS News New York learned Wednesday. Sources familiar with the contents of the subpoenas say the feds ...
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A Brooklyn lot approved for affordable housing units is instead being used to build a homeless shelter, according to New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov.
The homeless are not mere statistics, or one-dimensional stories. They are community members as much as you and I. At the campaign’s launch the other day, one of the portraits and stories ...