claim: During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.”
evidence: Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio "has absolutely to this point refused to do that." Michael Bloomberg stated on January 30, 2020 in a news release During his tenure as mayor of New York City, "street homelessness decreased by 28 percent." Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today." Greg Abbott stated on January 7, 2020 in a press gaggle The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate." Darrell Steinberg stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview with Capital Public Radio "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 in a tweet "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin." [...] Michael Bloomberg stated on January 30, 2020 in a news release During his tenure as mayor of New York City, "street homelessness decreased by 28 percent."