‘This month, the mayor announced he will be reopening one of the closed jails on Rikers to accommodate the rising jail population driven by unchecked fear mongering from his police commissioner. This is the wrong move, especially under the horrific conditions in which people are currently being held.’
Las familias con niños pasan ahora casi 18 meses en promedio en los albergues del Departamento de Servicios para Desamparados (DHS por sus siglas en inglés), dos meses y medio más que el año fiscal anterior, según el informe anual de gestión del alcalde Bill de Blasio.
The city’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) said it will stop contracting with Aguila to run the men’s shelter inside the Park View Hotel on West 110th St., across the street from Central Park, by the end of the year as it seeks to weed out inadequate providers.