But the fatal attack on Sunday at the Acacia-run shelter — where city officials say SERA provides security — has led to renewed calls for New York to more urgently address concerns about the nonprofit. Acacia operates 750 individual family housing units as well as four shelters that house 550 homeless adults in the city, according to the department. Mr. Kallos, a Democrat, says he plans to call on Monday for a Council hearing regarding Acacia’s practices. Others said Acacia staff members had threatened to evict them if they called the police about the conditions inside the shelter. Those threats are often the reason homeless people prefer to stay on the streets or in subway cars, instead of at shelters.

Source: New York Times November 11, 2019 00:24 UTC