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Letter: How is the City Addressing Homelessness?

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What is happening down at the ? It appears to have become a homeless encampment again.

--Mary Beth Ray

Read more on Albany Patch about homelessness here. Do you have ideas about what the city should do to help homeless residents? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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