Wednesday, January 6, 2016

NYC Mayor Aims to Fix Troubled Homeless Shelter System

 Bill de Blasio

As New York City grapples with its homelessness crisis, many of those sleeping on the street have said they'd prefer to be outside than contend with the city's at-times overburdened, dirty and even dangerous shelter system.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has repeatedly acknowledged that the shelter system needed to improved, was poised to identify a new plan to identify and fix problems with the city's sprawling, 500-shelter system. Administration officials told The Associated Press that the mayor would announce the overhaul Wednesday. 

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Source: NBC News

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