The good news is the city completed 12,026 repairs in homeless shelters in the first two months of 2016 as part of its aggressive new plan to fix the troubled system.
DE BLASIO ORDERS NYPD TO TAKE CONTROL OF HOMELESS SHELTERS
The bad news is city inspectors also found a whopping 6,486 outstanding violations in shelters in those two months.
NYC HOMELESS SHELTERS HAVE NEAR-RECORD NUMBER OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
Mayor de Blasio said the results show City Hall is taking ownership of the problem by both quickly fixing and identifying problems.
“We are determined to give every family and individual in a homeless shelter decent living conditions,” he said.
The city has conducted 2,660 inspections this year, which is almost a third of the total number for 2015.
