“Today, there are more children sleeping in New York City’s homeless shelters than there are seats in Yankee Stadium.”
What PolitiFact found
Recent New York City government statistics show that the city’s total homeless shelter population on any given night is between 82,000 and 86,000, including adults and children. The number of children is consistently around 28,000. That’s less than Yankee Stadium’s 46,543 seating capacity.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Christine Quinn (Homeless shelter CEO) made this claim around 5 March 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2026, 68 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- governor.ny.govhttps://www.governor.ny.gov/news/new-data-highlights-importance-governor-hochuls-plan-del…
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