Nearly one in every five children attending a New York City Public school in Brownsville and Bushwick experienced homelessness during the 2024-25 school year, according to a new report.
The report released on Monday from the nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York showed that more than 154,000 New York City public school students—nearly one in every seven—experienced homelessness during the 2024–25 school year. This made last year the tenth consecutive year in which more than 100,000 students did not have a permanent place to call home and the first year in which the total number of students in temporary housing exceeded 150,000.
If these students comprised their own school district, it would be one of the 20 largest districts in the country, the report said.
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