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New York Eyes Evictions at Crowded Homeless Shelters

New York City is going to court in a bid to evict homeless people from shelters if they fail to find their own apartments quickly enough. It's a reaction to severe overcrowding at facilities where people wait for beds at shelters to open. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.

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