NEW YORK - Christopher Stack used to sleep on the street. 

"I did for eight years in a park in Bay Ridge Brooklyn," he noted.

He now sleeps at a transitional shelter, known as a safe haven, on the Bowery. 

"What has to happen with the homeless people is the mayor has to get people housing. Safe Havens were good to me but eight years later and I am still in the system. I should have had an apartment already," Stack said.

Advocates, for years, have said there needs to be more places like these with less requirements and a lower barrier to entry than a traditional homeless shelter.

On Tuesday, they got their wish. 

"This is a plan to end homelessness in New York City as we know it once and for all," said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The mayor, once again, unveiled a new plan to combat homelessness. This time, he said he would end chronic street homelessness in five years. De Blasio leaves office in a little more than two years. 

"The simple way to think about this is, we consider it a very high priority to end long term homelessness," De Blasio said.

The plan builds off of the strategies already in place like more outreach to people sleeping on the street, more coordination with health providers and the NYPD. 

It has a much bigger price tag. Next fiscal year it could cost $100 million. 

The city's top religious leaders were alongside the mayor, claiming they will pitch in to house more safe haven beds - the kind of facilities where Stack might stay. 

As part of the plan, the city will add 1,000 beds. 

A similar plan was pitched in 2015 with the clergy. That initially struggled to get off the ground.

"We're doing as much as we can. We are getting it out there and now we are waiting for a response./I think people want to know what is the city going to provide? Liability issues? Security issues? Those are the questions that have to be answered," said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik.

This time, officials say, will be different. 

Stack certainly hopes so.

"He has to do something. I mean come on. I might not be here tomorrow. But for the next person he will do that," Stack said.

While the mayor says he will end chronic street homelessness within the next five years there is no timeline for when these beds will come online. City officials say it will be done on a rolling basis.