Two sides of Albany’s homeless problem came up before the city council Wednesday night in the form of pleas for help. But it did not look like any form of concrete help would come.
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Tags: car camping, COAT, Community Outreach Assistance Team, homeless, overnight parking, trash, vagrancy
Tags: car camping, COAT, Community Outreach Assistance Team, homeless, overnight parking, trash, vagrancy
Unhoused in cars: Looking for a place to park
People forced to camp in their cars because of homelessness are largely gone from the block of Ninth Avenue in Albany where the city has banned them. It’s not clear where they have gone, and an advocate’s plea for city council help regarding parking so far has generated no response.
Tags: Albany homeless, Helping Hands, homeless, Ninth Avenue, overnight parking