Mary Brosnahan, president of the Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group, declined to comment, a spokesman said.

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Mary Brosnahan, president of the Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group, questioned the legitimacy of the city's survey.

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"Mayor Bloomberg can try to deflect attention away from his disastrous policies all he wants, but 50, 000 New Yorkers would not be homeless today if he had chosen to invest in the strategy of moving families into permanent, affordable housing that Mayors Ed Koch, David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani all used with success, " said Mary Brosnahan, the coalition president, in an email.

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