City will report shelter arrests

THE CITY will now report all arrests at homeless shelters to the state and the public, officials said Thursday.

The move comes after the Daily News revealed that the Department of Homeless Services has been hiding hundreds of arrests at shelters across the five boroughs.

The city must by law report a long list of incidents at shelters, including most arrests, to the state Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance — but omitted hundreds of busts after changing its definition of “critical incidents.”

“We will report NYPD arrest data to the state as well as critical incident data,” DHS spokesman Isaac McGinn said. “NYPD will share precinct level shelter arrest data publicly next week. It will also be posted quarterly online.”

The reports will be in addition to the information the city is already handing over to Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance, he said.