homelessness
AC dismantles homeless encampment 'apartments' beneath iconic boardwalk -- where beer was on tap and pizzas were delivered
Atlantic City officials dismantled a notorious homeless encampment beneath its iconic boardwalk, where resourceful drifters had set up surprisingly well-appointed makeshift lodgings.
California mayor allegedly sucker-punched by homeless man
A Northern California city council member is pointing to his state’s lenient policies on crime after he and a mayor were allegedly attacked and punched in a daytime attack by...
$20 million in taxpayer funds spent on NYC park, dog run that few use thanks to location, homeless druggies
Maspeth Park is in an isolated industrial and manufacturing zone — over a mile from the nearest subway station —and lacks the proper signage and lighting for passers-by to find...
Homeless couple filmed having sex in parking lot under NYC's FDR Drive: 'A new low for the city'
“You live in this really beautiful community of Stuytown, Peter Cooper, and on the outskirts it’s a third-world country,” he said.
Blame NYC dysfunction for Chinatown landlord's fight with homeless man
Last Saturday, landlord and Harvard fellow Brian Chin was charged with felony assault after allegedly beating a homeless man outside of his building.
Calif. council candidate left to fend for herself after homeless woman robs her of $1,000 in campaign donations
Neither homeless outreach nor police responded to the theft despite Wang's calls to both.
Why throngs of NYC’s homeless are choosing Penn Station over shelters — and leaving commuters in a constant state of fear
Many homeless people have chosen to live on streets near Penn Station – where tourists, everyday New Yorkers and, especially, an army of aid workers provide food, water, gift cards...
NYC landlord and Harvard fellow defends pummeling armed vagrant he said charged him with 'deadly weapon'
Brian Chin, a 32-year-old married dad, told The Post on Tuesday he was defending himself when he pummeled an armed homeless man — and provided chilling new video of the...
California beach town to fine homeless people to combat 'problematic' encampments
Long Beach, California, will begin fining and potentially arresting homeless people to combat its most "problematic" encampments, city officials said.
NYC landlord accused of beating armed vagrant cheered by locals who complain 'it's like the wild west now'
The Chinatown landlord accused of brutally beating an armed vagrant is being hailed a hero by locals — who say the area has devolved into a lawless cesspool because of...
NYC landlord who once spoke out against crime is busted for allegedly beating menacing vagrant
A police source suggested the landlord might be traumatized after one of the tenants at his Chinatown apartment building was fatally stabbed by a random sicko in 2022.
How illegal immigration is hitting the homeless hardest and neglecting families
The migrant crisis — particularly in sanctuary states such as Massachusetts and New York — has brought another crisis into sharp focus: the neglect of America’s homeless families.
Once-promising track star now spends days threatening to kill, abduct kids in San Francisco: report
Kim Ann Andrews, 36, has become notorious for allegedly spewing vile abuse, threatening to abduct children and even slit their throats in multiple swanky neighborhoods near the famed Golden Gate...
My deadbeat dad left me 'effectively homeless' — do I have the right to confront him?
"AITA for telling my dad that he’s effectively made me homeless?" asked "OkNumber787" in a Friday, August 16 post on Reddit's "Am I the A--hole" (AITA) subreddit.
$45K 'hobo fence' last-ditch effort to keep homeless out of NJ park as some slam 'inhumanity'
A Newark politician had a six-foot fence erected around a public park in a last ditch effort to solve the spot's spiraling homeless crisis -- by locking the hobos out.
Squeegee men have returned to Midtown West — and they're 'getting aggressive'
The squeegee men are back, and they're prowling around 9th Avenue looking for hapless driver stuck at red lights.
The only way to end Midtown chaos is to forcibly take the mentally ill off the streets
The dire conditions enveloping Manhattan as mentally ill and drug-addicted vagrants flood the streets unchecked can only end if Albany changes state laws on helping those who refuse to be...
Food bank accidentally hands out meth-laced candies worth $600 each to the homeless
Three people have already been hospitalized after popping methamphetamine-laced candies that were accidentally distributed to the homeless by a well-meaning New Zealand food bank.
Woman allegedly raped by NYC migrant in Coney Island breaks her silence: 'It was attempted murder'
The homeless woman allegedly raped at knifepoint by a migrant with a history of sexual assault told The Post it felt like her attacker wanted to kill her. "I kept telling him...
Why both Republicans and Democrats are failing at solving America's housing crisis
A new book details how American politicians are failing to solve the nation's housing crisis.