"It's critically important to recognize our neighbors that don't get a lot of acknowledgment," said Frederick Shack, the CEO of Urban Pathways, which runs drop-in shelters, supportive housing and outreach programs for unhoused New Yorkers.
"[It's] ridiculous, that we, in the richest city in the world, should be memorializing 376 people who, most of them, died prematurely," said Care for the Homeless President & CEO George Nashak.
Homelessness "can be caused by episodes of bad health," he added, such as a mental health condition or accrued medical debt.
It's also "really, really difficult to deal with chronic medical conditions if you're homeless," Nashak said, citing the example of someone trying to manage diabetes.
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