Families Say Shelters Without Air-Conditioning Are Like ‘Living in Hell’
The sun was about to set Monday evening and the temperature was still 90 degrees. The air was thick and oppressive. Shaasia Wood and her 4-year-old son were hanging out on the sidewalk, hoping for a breeze, near the homeless shelter where they live in Upper Manhattan.That was because inside their un-air-conditioned room, “It feels like living in hell, really,” Ms. Wood said.Ms. Wood, a 40-year-old home care aide, has plenty of company in her misery: Thousands of families with children live in Ne...