There are 82 fewer homeless people living on New York City streets, parks and public spaces than there were last year, according to results of an annual survey released Wednesday by the city’s Department of Homeless Services.

Based on the results of the annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate conducted January 28, city officials estimate there are 3,180 homeless people living on the streets, 82 fewer than in 2012 and a 28 per cent decline in street homelessness since the survey was first conducted citywide in 2005.

“Our goal is to reach as many street homeless people as possible,” Homeless Services Commissioner Seth Diamond said in a statement.

The survey also found an increase of 207 homeless individuals on subways from last year, totaling 1,841. In 2005, an estimated 845 people were counted in the subway.

Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group, blasted the city’s results, noting the survey is an estimate, not a hard count, of homeless people living outdoors. The group also noted the number of homeless people in the city has increased in recent years, climbing to 50,000 people — including 21,000 children — who sleep in emergency shelters, according to a report released earlier this year.

“Instead of trumpeting a deeply flawed study, Mayor Bloomberg should be investing in proven solutions to help ameliorate the suffering that has surged on his watch,” the group’s president, Mary Brosnahan, said in a statement.

(AP)