Homeless women are the most vulnerable women in New York, advocates for the homeless say.

Administrative policies, advocates for the homeless say, are of overriding importance in influencing the average number of people who are sheltered by the city each day.

But there is a downside to the transformation of the shelters, advocates for the homeless say.

Until then, advocates for the homeless say, the M.T.A. needs to better coordinate its campaign with social service groups.

Recent estimates by advocates for the homeless say 100,000 families are "couch people" - including up to 200,000 children.

Too often, advocates for the homeless say, the city has dumped troubled homeless families into buildings with inadequate follow-up services.

What appears certain, advocates for the homeless say, is that living on the streets is becoming more dangerous.

In some cases, suspects call it "bum-bashing" or "troll-busting," police and advocates for the homeless say.

The couple's predicament is far too common, advocates for the homeless say.

Now it has become the first city to make severe cuts in those programs, public officials and advocates for the homeless say.