Talk:Homelessness in New York

Books about Homelessness in New York City

Not sure if any of these are any good, but there are a number of books on this subject matter.

• Tunnel People by Teun Voeten - 1996
• Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - 2001
• The Mole People: Life In The Tunnels Beneath New York City by Jennifer Toth - 1993
• Land of the Lost Souls: My Life on the Streets by Cadillac Man - 2009
• Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio by Thomas J. Main
• Family Poverty and Homelessness in New York City: The Poor Among Us by Ralph da Costa Nunez
• The Tunnel: The Underground Homeless of New York City (Architecture of Despair) by Ms. Margaret Morton
• Stranger to the System (Life Portraits of a New York City Homeless Community) by Jim Flynn
• Homeless in New York Paperback by Richard Klein
• Gimme Shelter: a life of public service in New York City by Bonnie Stone

--Wil540 art (talk) 17:34, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Article appears to be almost entirely WP:OR

Unfortunately, given the importance of the topic, almost everything in this article is sourced to either a government website or the advocacy group Coalition for the Homeless (itself a dodgy article, with the majority of its information sourced to its subject). Additional citations are to the World Socialist Web Site and the ACLU. Almost none of the material is cited to WP:RS, and the precious little that is appears to be WP:OR—as is much of the article itself. While citations of an advocacy group might be useful in creating an article, it should be obvious why they oughtn't form its basis. In short: this article doesn't meet Wikipedia standards for WP:VERIFIABLE, doesn't provide a broad, WP:NPOV description of its topic, and doesn't read anything like a proper encyclopedia article. Eager to hear what others think—thanks! ElleTheBelle 13:12, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

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Involuntary Commitment

In 2022, Mayor Eric Adams established a plan to involuntarily commit unhoused people who appear mentally ill in New York City. In a training presentation for clinicians by NYC Health and the New York State Office of Mental Health, they provide examples of community members that could warrant involuntary removal, highlighting words such as "homeless," "disheveled, malodorous, and malnourished," "dirty attire, disheveled appearance," and "likely living unsheltered." This shares similarities with the Ugly Laws which banned poor and disabled individuals from being in public, so others would not be exposed to their "unsightly or disgusting" appearances.

The Mental Hygiene Law authorizes "a peace officer or police officer to take into custody, for the purpose of a psychiatric evaluation, an individual who appears to be mentally ill and is conducting themselves in a manner likely to result in serious harm to self or others." Mayor Adams' agenda considers an individual who is unable to meet their "basic survival needs of food, clothing, shelter or medical care" as a serious danger to themself. However, these needs not being met could be attributed to structural issues with the United States' housing market, healthcare system, and economy. Additionally, as Black people make up over half of NYC's homeless population, they would be more frequently subjected to interactions and forced removals by police. Similarly, Hispanics/Latinx account for 32% of unsheltered people in New York City, so they would be more likely than white people to experience involuntary commitment and forced treatment.