Posted on February 28, 2017 by N.J. Burkett in WABC WABC, By N.J. Burkett Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday unveiled a new borough-based plan to reduce the footprint of New York City’s homeless shelter system and drive down the population of homeless New Yorkers relying on shelters. De Blasio outlined the timing and logistics of his plan to end the use of 360 cluster sites and commercial hotel facilities, replacing the sites with 90 traditional shelters distributed across the five boroughs. He said the new network will be able to more effectively house the homeless near the communities, jobs, school, houses of worship and support systems needed to help them get back on track.
