Posted on March 19, 2015 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Erin Durkin A record-high 42,000 kids slept in a city homeless shelter last year — including 1 in 17 of New York’s black children, a report to be released Thursday found. Overall, one in 43 city children were among the 116,000 people forced into shelters during the year, according to a Coalition for the Homeless analysis that portrays a dire housing crisis that is hitting kids and African-Americans the hardest.