Adding Homeless Shelters Is a Political Risk, but de Blasio Sees No Alternative
By Nikita Stewart, William Neuman, and J. David Goodman Mayor Bill de Blasio embarked this month on one of the more challenging and unenviable tasks of his tenure: selling the virtues of a plan to open dozens of new homeless shelters across the city. But in doing so, the mayor has chosen to embrace a level of self-scrutiny unusual for a politician running for re-election. “We had crisis after crisis, and then it dawned onRead More →