" New York City would look like the West Coast cities with a lot more street homelessness, " says Kathryn Kliff, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society, a charity.

慈善机构法律援助协会的律师凯瑟琳·克利夫说: “纽约市看起来会像西海岸城市一样，街头无家可归者要多得多。”

On August 23rd state and city lawyers gathered behind closed doors with a judge and the Legal Aid Society, a charity, to try to hash out a deal, but produced nothing.

8月23日，该州和市内律师与一名法官和一家慈善机构——法律援助协会秘密会面，试图敲定一项协议，但最终也是徒劳。