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Christian Cascone on April 11, 2020, in the storage space that he rents in New York, where he spends most days because of a risk of infection at the Bronx homeless shelter where he spends his nights. While much of New York City is staying inside due to the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis has taken hold among a population for whom social distancing is nearly impossible: the more than 17,000 men and women, many of them already in poor health, who sleep in roughly 100 group or "congregate" shelters for single adults.
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Christian Cascone on April 11, 2020, in the storage space that he rents in New York, where he spends most days because of a risk of infection at the Bronx homeless shelter where he spends his nights. While much of New York City is staying inside due to the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis has taken hold among a population for whom social distancing is nearly impossible: the more than 17,000 men and women, many of them already in poor health, who sleep in roughly 100 group or “congregate” shelters for single adults.

‘It’s a time bomb’: 23 die as virus hits packed homeless shelters

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While much of New York City is staying inside, a crisis has taken hold among a population for whom social distancing is nearly impossible: the more than 17,000 men and women, many of them already in poor health, who sleep in roughly 100 group or “congregate” shelters for single adults. Most live in dormitories that are fertile fields for the virus, with beds close enough for people sleeping in them to hold hands. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-homeless.html

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