New York State's homeless population declined in the past year, even as communities outside of New York City saw sharp rises.

The number of homeless people in an area that includes Niagara, Orleans and Erie counties rose by 81% between 2022 and 2024, according to a report from the New York State Comptroller’s Office. The ...

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A new report from the state Comptroller's Office reveals several regions saw an increase in homelessness between 2024 and 2025.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced questions about reports of a growing homeless population along a prime strip of real estate on Manhattan’s West Side.

When I moved from New York to Miami for my new job in information technology, my future seemed bright. Four months later, the firm downsized and I was let go, setting off a chain of events that left ...

Recent New York City government statistics show that the city’s total homeless shelter population on any given night is between 82,000 and 86,000, including adults and children. The number of children ...

New York’s homeless population fell in 2025 after two years of extraordinary growth, but the statewide improvement largely bypassed the Finger Lakes and Central New York, where several regional ...

Homelessness is falling across the state through the end of 2025 – but not in Chautauqua County. The rate of new homelessness is decreasing locally. A recent analysis by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli ...

The population of homeless in Chautauqua County didn’t explode last year like it did in the last two-year study by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office. That first study of homelessness put a number ...