Tonight, 62,000 New Yorkers will sleep in homeless shelters, the most since the Great Depression. 14 percent of the nation's homeless population are in New York City. In recent years, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

14 percent of the nation's homeless population are in New York City

In April 2019, there were 61,782 homeless people, including 14,826 homeless families with 21,709 homeless children, sleeping each night in the New York City municipal shelter system. Families make up three-quarters of the homeless shelter population.