Posted on March 19, 2015 by Laila Kearney in Reuters Reuters, By Laila Kearney More than 25,000 children stayed at New York City homeless shelters on an average night in 2014, setting a new record, according to an advocacy group report released on Thursday. The city on average has more than 60,000 homeless people each night staying at shelters, most of which comprise families with children under 18, the Coalition for the Homeless said in an annual report.