Dozens of Crown Heights residents came to a 2017 town hall meeting to oppose the opening of a new homeless shelter.

Turning the Tide On Homelessness

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 2, 2018

Journalist Rachel Holliday Smith revisits newly opened shelters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and discusses her reporting on New York City's ambitious plan to overhaul the city's patchwork of shelters and stem homelessness. 

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