[BAY RIDGE] Local leaders to start ‘homeless taskforce’

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA city contractor tasked with getting the homeless off of Bay Ridge streets is not doing a sufficient job, so local leaders are taking the matter into their own hands.The Department of Homeless Services pays social services group Breaking Ground to find people who make their homes in area parks, local bank vestibules, and commercial thoroughfares and offer them help getting off the streets.