On Wednesday, New York City hit a record 59,373 people in shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services.
There
is no clearer indicator of the homelessness crisis than in the Bronx at
the intake center for families with children, where on a recent
Saturday morning at 7:30, Larissa Galindo had just gotten off the bus
from a temporary shelter.
“We’re
tired,” Ms. Galindo, 19, said, burying her face in her hands and trying
to wipe the sleep and frustration from her eyes. Unique, her 1-year-old
daughter, looked up from a stroller. They had left the center, known as
PATH, short for Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing, four hours earlier.
“I want to go to sleep,” Ms. Galindo said.
In
a cascade of good intentions and unintended consequences, homeless
parents and their children are facing dayslong waits and sleepless
nights as they flood the city’s already overwhelmed homeless services.
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Source: The New York Times
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