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New York considering using closed prison to house people displaced by Sandy
Friday, November 9, 2012    
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As many as 40,000 New Yorkers need shelter from extreme weather events

Officials in New York are reportedly eyeing a recently-closed prison as temporary housing for people displaced by superstorm Sandy and this week’s nor’easter.

The New York Post reports that state officials are considering the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility on Staten Island to feed and house as many as 900 victims with nowhere else to turn.


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