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Chair Hudson reviews incident rates for single adults

New York City Council · Oct 28, 2026 · starts 2:41:08 · 3 min 27 sec

Hudson asks for incident data. DHS provides serious incident rates per thousand single adults: 54.7 in FY22, 41.0 in FY23, 32.7 in FY24, 30.1 in FY25, and 28.3 in FY26.

Crystal Hudson

Do you have incidents?

Unidentified speaker

Yes.

Unidentified speaker

I'll start.

Unidentified speaker

You want to go ahead?

Unidentified speaker

All right.

Unidentified speaker

I think the deputy commissioner is looking for the actual numbers.

Unidentified speaker

I do think rates are important here, just given how much the shelter system has grown.

Unidentified speaker

So I was going to provide rates, if that's all right.

Crystal Hudson

Rates of?

Unidentified speaker

Incidents.

Unidentified speaker

Actually, what I have here is the rates for serious incidents.

Crystal Hudson

That's fine.

Crystal Hudson

We'll take that.

Unidentified speaker

Okay.

Unidentified speaker

And we'll see what else we can find.

Crystal Hudson

And you're saying that this is...

Crystal Hudson

As populations have been increasing.

Unidentified speaker

So it's a number of incidents per person.

Unidentified speaker

Okay.

Crystal Hudson

Yeah.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Unidentified speaker

So I'll read them per thousand residents, and I'll start with 22.

Unidentified speaker

These are fiscal years.

Unidentified speaker

So this is, and that's actually.

Crystal Hudson

You're starting with fiscal year 22.

Unidentified speaker

I am.

Unidentified speaker

I'm just trying to.

Unidentified speaker

I do have it broken.

Unidentified speaker

I have it broken down.

Unidentified speaker

For adults and families.

Unidentified speaker

Is that all right?

Crystal Hudson

Yeah, that's great.

Unidentified speaker

All right.

Crystal Hudson

For adults and then adults with children or adult families or what's the category?

Unidentified speaker

Yeah, I have all three.

Crystal Hudson

Okay, hold on.

Crystal Hudson

Adults, adult families.

Crystal Hudson

And families with children.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Unidentified speaker

All right.

Unidentified speaker

Okay, starting with single adults.

Crystal Hudson

And this is fiscal year 22.

Unidentified speaker

Fiscal year 22.

Unidentified speaker

I'm tempted to give you a choice of what you prefer, but I'm just going to read the numbers.

Unidentified speaker

54.7.

Crystal Hudson

Sorry, we're going adults, adult families, families of children.

Unidentified speaker

Yep.

Crystal Hudson

Okay, hit me.

Unidentified speaker

54.7 in FY22.

Unidentified speaker

41.0 FY23.

Unidentified speaker

32.7 FY24.

Crystal Hudson

Wait, I'm sorry.

Unidentified speaker

Yep.

Crystal Hudson

This is all adults.

Unidentified speaker

This is the, yes, it's the adult shelter system per thousand residents.

Crystal Hudson

Okay, sorry, sorry.

Crystal Hudson

So.

Unidentified speaker

I'm going to start leaving the decimal off and rounding appropriately for ease.

Crystal Hudson

Well, okay, 54.7 for FY22, 41 for FY23, 32.7 for FY24.

Unidentified speaker

30.1 for FY25 and 28.3 for FY26.

Crystal Hudson

38.3?

Unidentified speaker

28.

Crystal Hudson

28, okay.

Unidentified speaker

So there has been, that is a reduction.

Crystal Hudson

Drastic decline.

Unidentified speaker

Yeah.

Crystal Hudson

Okay.

Unidentified speaker

And would you like me to go through the same for?

Crystal Hudson

Adult families?

Crystal Hudson

Yep.

Crystal Hudson

Yes, please.

Unidentified speaker

Okay.

Unidentified speaker

21.8 in 22.

Unidentified speaker

13.6 in 23.

Unidentified speaker

12.5 in 24, 12.6 in 25, and 9.0.

Unidentified speaker

So a dramatic reduction, really.