Homelessness has been a problem all throughout history. Wherever there have been people, there has been a person that doesn't have a home. In some cultures it is look on as a freeing existence; freeing yourself from worldly problems and possessions. But in our culture it is viewed upon, for the most part, as a problem to society. In New York City, it has the highest homeless populations in the country, as of September 2004 there were 36,727 people living in shelters and welfare hotels with thousands more on the streets. This is a large significant number of people, but yet the city of New York along with Mayor Bloomberg is trying to get legislation to eject single males and females from the shelters and force them onto the streets where they then become vagrants and can be arrested. This seems like no solution for the homelessness problem.
             Mayor Bloomberg's plan is to back out of the agreement in Callahan vs. Carey, a 1981 ruling that the homeless in New York State have the basic right to shelter, by denying emergency shelter to homeless people whom the City claims, have failed to comply with shelter social service plans and other rules. Homeless people who are sanctioned would be ejected from the shelters to the streets for a minimum of 30 days. According to his plan,
             "Homeless men and women would be ejected from shelter to the streets for failure to comply with (1) assessments, (2) social service plans, (3) housing search requirements, (4) facility rules, or (5) welfare requirements. The Giuliani Administration first attempted to implement this shelter-termination plan, but was blocked by a court ruling in Callahan three years ago. Mayor Bloomberg has appealed that ruling, and in June 2003 an appellate court ruled in the City's favor." (www.CoalitionForTheHomeless.com)
             The problems that this would cause would be devastating. There would be more homeless people living on the streets which continue to caus...