
Katrina-Type Response Needed in Hub

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THOMAS M. MENINO is mayor of the city of Boston. |
By Thomas M. Menino Last week, I joined members of the citys Emergency Shelter Commission to release the results of the citys annual Homeless Census, which was conducted on Dec. 19, 2005. The results are sobering and show an overall increase in the number of homeless men, women and children living in Boston by 9 percent, from 5,819 last year to 6,365.
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