Report: Nassau sent needy residents to unsafe emergency shelters
Nassau County placed needy residents in emergency shelters that were deemed uninhabitable after failing safety and health inspections, according to a report released Wednesday by County Comptroller George Maragos.
An audit of the county's $10 million Emergency Shelter Program covering 2010 and 2011 found that on multiple occasions residents were placed in two shelters in Hempstead and Roosevelt...