People walk past a homeless man asking for money on 14th Street, Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in New York. The number of homeless on New York City's streets has increased, prompting breathless media coverage and worries that the &quot;bad old days&quot; are returning to the Big Apple.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ORG XMIT: NYMA101 Photo: Mary Altaffer / AP