NYT > Homeless Persons

• Mamdani Just Hired Her. The Job? ‘The Country’s Hardest Problems.’
  Erin Dalton, who is starting her job as New York City’s social services chief, laid out her plans to tackle homelessness, benefit cuts and a budget gap in an interview.
• The Challenge of Helping Homeless People Who Avoid New York’s Shelters
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been reluctant to force people indoors, even in dire weather. But conditions, whether on the streets or in shelters, can be dangerous.
• How a Driver in a Fatal Hit and Run Walked Free
  A New Jersey jury found Harris Jacobs guilty of leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a pedestrian with his S.U.V. But jurors would not have the final word.
• V.A. Begins Drive to Put Some Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship
  The Trump administration will expand the power of government attorneys to initiate court proceedings for veterans “unable to make their own health care decisions.”
• Mamdani to Close Huge Homeless Shelter Next to Bellevue Hospital
  The 30th Street Shelter on the site of Bellevue’s former psychiatric hospital has been in disrepair for years.