"State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli just revealed that New York City is now spending $81,000 per street homeless person - in a town where average take-home pay is no higher than $40,600. And Mayor Zohran Mamdani want to spend more: City Hall projects it to hit nearly $97,000 in the coming year."
"Overall, this spending has skyrocketed from $102 million in 2018 to $368 million last year, up 320% even as the street-homeless population grew just 26%. These figures don't include about $500 million a year for supportive housing, mental health co-response teams, the NYPD's homeless-clearing work or other outlays for this population."
"It's certain that almost none of the $81,000 actually benefits these street people: Outreach workers get paid to count the 'unsheltered' and to try coaxing them into shelter or arranging some kind of housing they'll accept. This is just one particularly damning example of how New York's nonprofit-industrial complex has morphed the city's multibillion-dollar outlays into a jobs program."
New York City's homeless spending has surged from $102 million in 2018 to $368 million last year, a 320% increase, while the street-homeless population grew only 26%. The city now spends $81,000 per street homeless person, exceeding average take-home pay of $40,600. Mayor Mamdani proposes increasing this to nearly $97,000 annually. State Comptroller DiNapoli warns this expansion occurred without focus on resource allocation or service effectiveness. Additional spending of approximately $500 million annually funds supportive housing, mental health teams, and NYPD homeless operations. Most of the $81,000 per person funds outreach workers and administrative costs rather than direct assistance to homeless individuals.
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