NYC shelters gripped by outbreak of violence – media

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In a single week, the city’s system for the homeless recorded 273 “critical incidents,” the New York Post reports.

New York City’s homeless shelters have deteriorated into such lawless deathtraps that they make prison look appealing, according to a New York Post report on violence in the shelter system published on Wednesday. Using the state’s Freedom of Information Law, the Post found no less than 273 “critical incidents” were recorded over the course of a single week earlier this year, including nearly two dozen violent events.

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