Ms Maskell said she met the man, who has not yet been named, while on an early morning walk around the city centre to check on rough sleepers with the Salvation Army’s Early Intervention and Prevention Team last month.
He had been sleeping on a bench in the garden behind All Saints Pavement, off High Ousegate, Ms Maskell said.
Members of the early intervention team checked on him to make sure he was OK.
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