NYC to limit shelter stays for some adult migrants to 30 days — and families with kids could be next: sources Posted on September 19, 2023 by Chris Sommerfeldt in New York Daily News The Adams administration plans to limit shelter stays for some single adult migrants to 30 days — and is also weighing placing restrictions on how long asylum-seeking families with children can stay in the city’s care, two municipal government sources fami ..Read More
City Hall About to Put Migrants in Shelters on Shorter Clocks Posted on September 19, 2023 by Gwynne Hogan in The City Adults who reapply for shelter will have just 30 days, and families with children may be given their own deadline for the first time. Read more… ..Read More
Don’t Listen to Eric Adams. Immigrants Make New York City. Posted on September 13, 2023 by Brad Lander in The Nation ..Read More
Immigrant Adults Shuffled from Hotels to Tent Shelters, As City Seeks to Free Up Space Posted on September 13, 2023 by Daniel Parra in City Limits City Limits spoke with several of the immigrants being transferred from the Holiday Inn Manhattan downtown to the new, large congregate shelter on Randall’s Island, a group that included a pregnant woman and asylum seekers on crutches, among others. Read mor ..Read More
A Journey from Homelessness to a Room of One’s Own Posted on September 11, 2023 by Jennifer Egan in The New Yorker At a supportive-housing facility, chronically unhoused New Yorkers get a new lease on life, with a gym, a computer room—and on-site mental-health and medical services. Read more… ..Read More
Mayor Eric Adams says asylum seeker crisis ‘will destroy New York City’ Posted on September 8, 2023 by ABC Staff in ABC 7 NY NEW YORK (WABC) — As asylum seekers and their families continue to arrive at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan, recent comments from New York City Mayor Eric Adams are drawing reactions. Read more… ..Read More
Mayor Adams ignites controversy after saying the migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC Posted on September 7, 2023 by Elizabeth Kim in Gothamist Mayor Eric Adams is earning praise from Republicans and criticism from members of his own party after telling an audience of Upper West Side residents that the weekly influx of thousands of migrants “will destroy New York City.” Read more… ..Read More
Adams Weirdly Says Migrant Crisis Will ‘Destroy New York City’ Posted on September 7, 2023 by Nia Prater in NY Magazine Mayor Eric Adams has long maintained that New York City is struggling to contend with the ongoing asylum-seeker crisis that has brought more than 100,000 new people to the city since last year. But during a town hall meeting on the Upper We ..Read More
Uncertainty for Migrants as 60-Day Deadline to Leave Shelters Looms Posted on August 29, 2023 by GWYNNE HOGAN With expiration of their time in free city beds fast approaching, some migrants are racing to find a place to rent while others are unsure where they will end up. Read more… ..Read More
