71.   The panhandling ordinance followed other recent decisions such as the refusal to allow St. Vincent Hotel to use the deconsecrated Sacred Heart Church to shelter homeless families.

72.   The sparring between advocates and the city over the treatment of homeless families is only the latest in a decadelong battle that stretches back to the Koch administration.

73.   There remains disagreement over homeless families and the degree to which federal subsidies should be used to solve the broader housing crisis.

74.   This month, the city again began placing homeless families in hotel rooms without kitchens on an emergency basis, because all its shelter beds were full.

75.   This week, the state Court of Appeals dismissed a motion by advocates seeking permission for a further appeal of the rules as applied to homeless families.

76.   Those in most dire need are homeless families, who receive the highest priority for help.

77.   Though small as a percentage of the declining caseloads there these newly homeless families may well number in the hundreds.

78.   Tuerck predicted that the increase in homeless families would be accompanied by a corresponding rise in private charity.

79.   Under city guidelines, homeless families jump to the top of long waiting lists for public housing.

80.   Twenty-five formerly homeless families are residing at the park.