The number of students who experienced homelessness in New York City last school year could fill Yankee Stadium nearly three times over. That’s according to a new report released Monday from Advocates for Children of New York, which found over 146,000 public school children – or 1 in every 8 – didn’t have a permanent place to call home during the 2022-2023 school year.
While that staggering figure is a record high, driven in part by the recent surge of asylum-seeking families arriving in New York City, homelessness has long been a major issue in the nation’s largest school system. Last academic year was the ninth consecutive year in which more than 100,000 public school children experienced homelessness.
