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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...

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