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At least two families seeking a place to sleep were denied beds at a homeless shelter as the city started enforcing a tougher new policy on emergency sheltering, according to advocates for the homeless and the families themselves....
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Oct 13, 2007
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Oct 13, 2007
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By KAREEM FAHIM, NYT > Homeless Persons
Prosecutors say that the police officer who abandoned a homeless Guatemalan man in a remote spot in Mount Kisco also delivered the blow that ultimately proved fatal....
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Oct 13, 2007
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By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, NYT > Homeless Persons
City officials agreed Wednesday not to enforce an ordinance used to bolster police sweeps of homeless people sleeping on sidewalks until 1,250 units of low-cost housing are built....
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Oct 11, 2007
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By LESLIE KAUFMAN, NYT > Homeless Persons
A toughening of a policy means that families who apply for benefits but are turned down will find themselves without shelter as they reapply one or two more times....
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Oct 11, 2007
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By BRUCE LAMBERT, NYT > Homeless Persons
The police arrested a 29-year-old man yesterday who is accused of setting a homeless man on fire in the Bronx, a crime initially attributed to three teenagers. The man, Israel Torres of the Bronx, was arrested and charged with attempted murder. The authorities say Mr. Torres spread and ignited flammable liquid...
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Oct 08, 2007
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By AL BAKER and COLIN MOYNIHAN, NYT > Homeless Persons
A 49-year-old homeless man was in critical condition after being set aflame as he was lying on cardboard outside of a church in East Harlem....
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Oct 06, 2007
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By FERNANDA SANTOS, NYT > Homeless Persons
A homeless panhandler arrested on loitering charges is contending in court that a state law banning begging violates his right to free speech....
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Sep 27, 2007
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By ROJA HEYDARPOUR, NYT > Homeless Persons
A program started in December employs homeless people to collect grease for free from restaurants, and then sell it to a company that converts it to diesel fuel....
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Sep 27, 2007
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By SEWELL CHAN, NYT > Homeless Persons
A professor hired by the city to help conduct an annual estimate of homeless people has disavowed the project, saying its methods cause the number to be understated....
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Sep 27, 2007
