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According to the NYC Department of Homeless Services, 64 percent of those applying for emergency shelter in 2010 were denied.

Several were denied because they were said to have family who could house them when in actuality this might not have been the case.

Applicants may have faced overcrowding, unsafe conditions, or may have had relatives unwilling to house them.

According to Mary Brosnaham, spokeswoman for Coalition for the Homeless, the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg employs a deliberate policy of " active deterrence ".