New York Takes an Aggressive Approach

NEW YORK - The seconds wink by relentlessly on the large digital clock in Rob Hess' conference room: 766 days, 13 hours, 15 minutes, 58 seconds remaining at this particular moment in late November.

The countdown clock is there to remind Hess how long he has to make good on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's promise to cut by two-thirds the number of New Yorkers living on the streets.