Homelessness in Nassau County

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

The Nassau County executive says he's aiming to end homelessness in the county within 10 years. County Executive Thomas Suozzi has named a committee to devise a plan to do that.

In the meantime, the county is getting $7 million in federal money to help people who are chronically homeless. Both developments are coming a week after a report showed almost 4000 people were homeless on suburban Long Island on a single night in 2005.

The report counted more than 12,000 homeless people in Nassau County and more than 2700 homeless people in Suffolk. Suffolk County recently got more than $3 million in federal money to help the homeless.

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