Inside an empty women's shelter on Brooklyn's Prospect Place, a few objects hint at the chaotic, terrifying early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 2020 calendar lay on a mattress in one of the shelter's six-person bedrooms. A memo affixed to the wall near a second-floor bathroom, dated March 3, 2020, described once-current information about the "novel coronavirus" — including guidance against wearing masks. "This is proving to be a fast-changing situation," the document reads.
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With the city's hotel shelter transfers once again imminent, City Limits reached out to nonprofit providers to talk with shelter staff and visit the buildings where the city puts up New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. Adi TalwarOne of the several dormitory style living spaces at Center for Urban Community Services' [...]
