Posted on December 21, 2015 by Erin Durkin in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Erin Durkin The city is putting families with kids in dangerous homeless shelters plagued by rats, mold, and broken windows, an audit by the City Controller found. Scott Stringer’s inspectors checked out 101 randomly selected shelter units across the city and found a whopping 87% had conditions that threatened residents’ health or safety.