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Due to the real estate meltdown of 2008, Southeast Queens, was pounded considerably hard economically with a disproportionate amount of area homeowners literally and figuratively losing ground and their homes. Ironically, politicians are claiming record lows in unemployment and crime. If this is true our neighbors should be seeing more economic recovery.
Nevertheless, despite the claims of economic recovery, New York City, is also experiencing record highs in homelessness. Homelessness in New York shelters is being claimed by some sources, like the Coalition Of The Homeless, to have climbed 74% in the last ten years.
