Posted on February 1, 2015 by Christopher Robbins in Gothamist Gothamist, By Christopher Robbins According to data collected by Coalition for the Homeless, more than 60,000 people—25,000 of them children—will sleep in the city’s shelter system tonight, an increase of 10,000 from when de Blasio took office a year ago. The mayor inherited the epidemic from his predecessor, and he’s had to open up 225 new shelter sites to accommodate the need.
