New York City spent approximately $81,000 per homeless person in the 2025 Fiscal Year, according to a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, totaling nearly $368 million. The unsheltered population grew 26% over the same period, rising from 3,588 in 2019 to 4,504 in 2025, while spending on related services more than tripled.
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The report highlights that the increase in spending has outpaced the growth in the street-homeless population, raising questions about the efficiency of the city’s programs. DiNapoli emphasized that the rising costs “merit greater focus on where resources are going and what services are working,” while former City Comptroller Scott Stringer described the spending as a “clarion call to make sure every dollar counts.”…