It has created energy around a sleeping city best known for being a favorite retirement destination due to its good weather, cheap living and lack of a state income tax.
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This year, more than 50, 000 people were sleeping in city homeless shelters, an all-time high and a 61% rise since Mr. Bloomberg became mayor in 2002.
While street homelessness remains low compared with other major U.S. cities, the number of people sleeping in city homeless shelters has climbed sharply during Mr. Bloomberg's tenure.
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Earlier this spring, the department reported a 13% increase in the number of homeless sleeping on city subways, prompting the administration to outline a new plan to combat the problem.
The most visible sign of social exclusion is people sleeping rough on city streets.
"Fifteen or 16 months ago there were as many as 50 people sleeping rough in the city every night but the city council has managed to reduce the number to 10 or 12, " Mr Robson said.
It is there that Rangel takes up the story, telling CNN about his gesture as he drove through the city looking for people sleeping rough.
The number of homeless people sleeping in January on New York City's subways climbed to an estimated 1, 841, a 13% increase from the previous year and a 118% increase from 2005 when officials began collecting this data, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration said Wednesday.
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And others argue that Mr Sharon's government should have deferred Mr Shehada's assassination to test an initiative that may not have brought a total end to violence but might at least have prevented the continued slaughter of innocents whether these are dining in a university cafeteria in Jerusalem or sleeping in their beds in Gaza City.
"The plantar fascia is in a relaxed position when you're sleeping, " says Jacqueline Sutera, a podiatric surgeon in New York City.
"It is quite annoying because there are a lot pf properties which are boarded up and yet there are people sleeping rough, " said Terry, who moved to Bridgend from his home city Birmingham.
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Gold leaf mosaics, bronze wall reliefs of Napoleon and elaborate wall and ceiling murals make this place feel like any other museum in the city, save for the fact that this is where you are sleeping.
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But if in the next days you happen to walk down a city street, take a moment to notice how many men or women are sleeping there.
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