Some of the first things that may come to mind when thinkingabout New York City are the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, TimesSquare; the grandeur of being in a large city. Not 20,000 homeless children.When you think of homeless children, you may think of somewhere far away suchas Africa. Really, it’s right in our own backyard. Even New Yorkers aresurprised to find out how many homeless children live in their city.  

Saw a billboard in NYC today that read "20,000 children will sleep homeless tonight"… How is this possible with so much wealth in NYC?DeeLeww

Just heard there are 20,000 homeless kids in NYC. I am stunned, aren’t you? What to do? Try @cfth, I think they have a plan….Bette Midler

we spend trillions to destroy the Middle East and now billions to rebuild it and we have homeless kids in NYC. http://pic.twitter.com/UUsMeUEqMartin Newman

Do you really care enough? Save the homeless children// Asraf Isa Jr. #homelesschildren #homelessasrafisa

But what’s in a number? Until we can understand the emotional and physical affects it has on these children, we cannot really even begin to understand the issue.  

RT @CCCNewYork: "1 in 50 NYC children are sleeping in homeless shelters each day" @cccnewyork ED Jennifer March-Joly #cccbreakfast http://pic.twitter.com/2kNfpV7mmahsa pelosky

Hundreds of people probably walked by this man sleeping by the subway and did nothing to help him. 

Meanwhile, your warm at home.Enjoy it.#nycsubway #iphonography #homelessNYCGuillermo Nasiff

1 in 3 New York City children lives in poverty. That’s 520,799 children living in poverty. It isn’t just homelessness in New York, with the economy more people are struggling to make ends meet. 

Great infographic about homeless children in NYC: http://ow.ly/eO84LOptions Bytown

Basic Facts About Homelessness | Coalition for the HomelessCoalition for the Homeless provides up-to-date information on New York City’s homeless population. In recent years, homelessness in New Y…

An average two bedroom apartment costs $3,000 to rent in Manhattan, New York, making it hard for families who may have lost their jobs to be able to afford to simply live. Currently, there isn’t an answer for these families to rent affordable government housing. 

Large, Poor Families Are Left Out of New York’s Housing Plans, Officials SayBut some housing advocates, community leaders and elected officials say this latest proposal only highlights that one demographic group h…

You may wonder, “What can I do?” Writing a letter to @MikeBloomberg may be one of the answers. It’s time to get the leaders of the city to address the issue. 

Have You Sent Your Letter to Mayor Bloomberg Yet? | Coalition for the HomelessAnd yet, in the midst of this crisis, the Bloomberg administration refuses to give homeless families priority access to affordable housin…

Many New Yorkers don’t even realize how big a problem this is in their own city and how many families actually struggle. Winnie Hu from the New York Times article above wrote, ”The Tounkaras, who together earn about $1,700 a month, said they had been on the waiting list for the city’s housing projects for more than four years. For now, their family sleeps in one room the size of two parking spaces, with two children in their double bed, and two more on a blanket on the floor. “It’s too hard,” Mrs. Tounkara said. “I don’t know what we’re going to do.” To make a difference visit http://www.cccnewyork.org/.