Homeless deaths spike amid all-time high in population under Mayor de Blasio

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 Homeless deaths spike amid all-time high in population under Mayor de Blasio

By Sara Dorn and Jacob Henry

January 18, 2020 | 7:32pm


More homeless New Yorkers died last year than in any other in the past decade — despite promises by Mayor Bill de Blasio to make their lives better.

Homeless deaths from July 2018 through June 2019 totaled 404 — a staggering 39% increase from the previous fiscal year and the highest number since 2006, when the city began recording the deaths.

Sixty percent died in a hospital. The rest died outdoors or in other places that the city didn’t specify in its annual report, which is mandated by law.

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