Homelessness in New York: it’s not child’s play

Albor Ruiz

Christmas is beautiful in New York, so much so that thousands of people from all over the world flock here to spend the most joyous of holidays.

But for the nearly 50,000 homeless children in this city, Christmas in New York is more Charles Dickens than “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Even worse, New York is not the only place in the country where thousands of children do not have a home this holiday season. Defying all logic, in the U.S., one of the richest nations on Earth, more than 1.6 million children — one in 45 — live in cars, motels or homeless shelters over the course of any given year. Read more...