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CBS News
March 24, 2006

"Home is Where the Heart Is," an "Assignment America" Special Report

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Newsday
February 27, 2006

"Elderly at Increasing Risk of Homelessness"
by Melanie Lefkowitz

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Newsday
June 3, 2004

Throwing money at stopgap measures won't produce the long-term return our city needs.
By ARNOLD S. COHEN, President & CEO
Visit this link for the full op ed: http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpcoh033830046jun03,0,1422187.story

The Christian Science Monitor
April 1, 2004

Renewed drive to get the homeless to vote
By KIMBERLY CHASE
NEW YORK – Vincent Corcoran knows that ward clerks are surprised when they see an unkempt homeless man with ragged clothes making his way to the voting booth...

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Newsday
Originally published July 22, 2003

Don't Rush to Evict Homless From Shelters
By ARNOLD S. COHEN, President & CEO

Madison Square Park, on a warm spring day, is an oasis for workers in the areaand a barometer of sorts for the state of homelessness in New York City. Not long ago, more than a dozen homeless men and women sought sanctuary in the park, passing the time reading newspapers or simply dozing. Their numbers have increased dramatically in recent months...

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WNYC interviews The Partnership's John Spear for a story on New York City's homeless count.

Counting The Homeless
By CINDY RODRIGUEZ
NEW YORK, NY (2003-02-26) The city's first official count of homeless who stay on the streets of Manhattan at night was completed early yesterday morning. About a thousand volunteers, many of them city workers and social service professionals, but others just average New Yorkers...

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Amsterdam News
Originally posted December 2, 2002

City's Homeless Crisis
By CHARLES BROOKS

While New York’s homeless population is forced to deal with their misfortune every single day, the emergence of the holiday season and the cold days ahead often raise a sense of urgency. As New Yorkers celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday by eating the traditional enormous meal and watching football games, the city faces its worst homeless crisis...

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Daily News
Originally published on November 28, 2002

City must reach out to cut homelessness
By ARNOLD S. COHEN

By now, New Yorkers understand that our deepening recession is handing us an economic lump of coal this holiday season...

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