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Elizabeth Mary and the New York City shelter story
Elizabeth Mary, 64, widow and Brooklyn evacuee, sits alone in New York City’s Shelter Care Center for Women amid Skid Row. The piece chronicles 1,800 yearly entrants, a 1 percent rehabilitation rate, and the daily routines, rules, and clashes among residents, staff, and alcoholics versus mental patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Klemesrud
N.Y
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Mary
Bowery
Skid Row
New York
Grand Central Station