Tag: Department of Social Services

Accused Subway Shover Found Little Help in New York’s Chaotic Shelters

Before Carlton McPherson was accused of fatally shoving a stranger in front of a subway train last week, he was placed by New York City into specialized homeless shelters meant to help people with severe mental illness. But at one shelter, in Brooklyn, he became erratic and attacked a security guard. At another, he jumped […]

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