Beggars make a lot of money

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton urged New Yorkers this week not to give money to homeless people and panhandlers.

A myriad of perceptions and myths about panhandlers in the United States abound, with the predominant one being that those who sit on the sidewalk asking for handouts are lazy and spending whatever money they get on alcohol or drugs. And while it found that 94 percent spent that money on food, it also found that 44 percent would use it for drugs or alcohol and that 25 percent and 32 percent of those surveyed were addicted to alcohol and drugs, respectively.

As of September, there were 59, homeless people in New York City, including 23, homeless children, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. Above, a woman pauses to smoke while panhandling near the overpass that she resides under in Chicago, Dec.

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