Annual gala held for 'The Partnership for the Homeless'

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The annual gala for "The Partnership for the Homeless" was held Thursday night on the Upper East Side.

More than a million dollars was raised at the event.

The money will help support a homeless shelter, and more importantly get people into affordable housing.

Eyewitness News Anchor Bill Ritter introduced the incomparable opera singer and a real life force Jessye Norman.

60,000 people are sleeping in New York City shelters, that's the highest level in decades.