Remembering the Unhoused New Yorkers Who Lost Their Lives in 2025
Held around the winter solstice each year, this December observance in Manhattan remembers New Yorkers who experienced homelessness and lost their lives—on the street, in shelters, or shortly after they moved into housing.
“Every life lost to homelessness was preventable. People do not die because they lack resilience or will,” said representatives for the Supportive Housing Network of New York, Care For the Homeless, and Urban Pathways, three groups who organize the event, in statement. “They die because of policy choices.”
