Posted on September 6, 2017 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Erin Durkin Homeless and runaway youth would be able to stay longer in the city’s crisis shelters under new legislation that will be introduced in the City Council Thursday. One bill would allow teens and young adults to stay in the shelters for 120 days, up from 30 days under current law. Another bill would let New Yorkers up to age 25 stay in youth shelters, up from 21 right now.