Posted on January 6, 2016 by Jacquelyn Simone in Associated Press Associated Press, By Jonathan Lemire 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 be improved, revealed a new plan Wednesday to identify and fix problems with the city’s sprawling, 500-shelter system.
