NYC is spending nearly as much per person experiencing homelessness as the average household earns in a year. The services are real. The intentions are clear. But the outcomes are harder to measure. At some point, the question shifts from how much we’re doing to whether it’s actually working.
Trying to adopt a dog shouldn’t feel like applying for a mortgage. But for many families, it does. As “adopt don’t shop” became a cultural mantra, something else quietly happened: the process meant to protect animals began pushing away the very people willing to give them a home.
