Controversial homeless legislation draws in crowd at city council. ... People who violate these rules could be charged with a misdemeanor but the legislation states that they would not be jailed.

Syracuse, N.Y. — When the Rescue Mission and the city last month cracked down on the chaotic crowd outside the homeless shelter’s front door, a years-long problem seemed to disappear.

Billie-Jo Burgess, who is formerly homeless, speaks to a large crowd at Monument Square on Friday during Portland’s Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil, which remembered about 50 members ...

On the night of the homeless count, Monarch reported 169 homeless people in Toms River, by far the most in the county. Adults without homes would be able to stay overnight, from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.

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