NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Nearly 195,000 people slept in the New York City shelter system in 2025, marking a grim milestone in the system’s history, according to an annual report from the Coalition for the Homeless.
The yearly State of the Homeless report, this year titled “A Crisis Inherited, A Choice Ahead,” reveals that the number of unhoused people in the city rose 27% under former-Mayor Eric Adams.
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Last year alone, 194,531 people entered the NYC Department of Homeless Services shelter system, marking the most in the system’s history. Among them, 12,442 people slept in shelters long-term. The number of children in shelters also went up 29% between 2022 and 2025.
Researchers say the rise in homelessness came amid declines in the number of asylum seekers who entered the system.
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Advocates from the Coalition for the Homeless say the report underscores an affordable housing crisis and the burden of rent in New York City. Eviction filings rose to 114,832 in 2025 in comparison to 42,110 in 2021. This, while applications for one-shot rent assistance in the city rose by 85% over four years, but acceptance rates dropped to 26% in 2025…