Posted on March 19, 2015 in News 12 The Bronx News 12 The Bronx, An annual report shows that a record number of New Yorkers is sleeping in city shelters each night. The Coalition for the Homeless released the latest version of its report, which estimates that there at 60,000 people who rely on a shelter. That number is up from more than 53,000 homeless people in January last year.