Posted on January 19, 2017 by NBC News 4 New York in NBC News NBC News, By NBC News 4 New York As of November 2016, 62,840 people were homeless in New York City, including 24,251 children, according to Coalition for the Homeless Hundreds of the city’s homeless are living in deplorable conditions that include peeling lead paint, malfunctioning toilets and mouse droppings, an investigative report by the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) revealed Thursday. Dirty walls, charred stovetops, bent and rusted latches on cabinets and refrigerators, moldy ceilings, and smoke detectors haphazardly covered in plastic bags are just a few of the unliveable conditions homeless families are forced to deal with daily.
