Posted on May 20, 2020 by Claudia Irizarry Aponte in The City The City, By Claudia Irizarry Aponte As City Hall struggles to house hundreds of homeless New Yorkers ejected nightly from shut-down subways, federal health authorities have weighed in with a warning: unsheltered homeless people should stay put unless they get a safe place to go. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommends that unsheltered homeless people be allowed to remain where they are if “individual housing options” are not available.