Posted on December 25, 2015 by Melissa Russo in NBC New York NBC New York, By Melissa Russo Hundreds of new school buses are on the way to homeless children after an I-Team report last month exposed some students in shelters traveling more than four hours a day on subways just to get to and from school. In an exclusive interview, Mayor de Blasio said he was moved by the I-Team story. In response, he promised to have a bus available for every homeless child not within walking distance of school by Jan. 19.