Posted on March 19, 2016 by Courtney Gross in NY1 NY1, By Courtney Gross We have been examining violence and drugs saturated city homeless shelters all week. In the final piece of our series, Unsafe Haven, we look at how these reports flew under the radar for so long. How will the city make sure it doesn’t happen again? NY1’s Courtney Gross reports. Ask the residents of homeless shelters, from Harlem to Elmhurst, Queens — the problems of drugs and violence invaded the system long ago. “It’s horrible living here. It’s terrible. It’s terrible,” said Paul Bedio, a resident of a Queens shelter. “I believe people in jail have it better than they have it here.”
