Migrants Reapplying for Shelter Still Face Waits, Lack of Beds Despite New Settlement Rules Posted on April 11, 2024 by Daniel Parra in City Limits News City Hall says it has not yet begun implementing assessments of the “extenuating circumstances” that could earn newly arrived immigrants an extended shelter stay—while some seeking another placement continue to sleep on the floor of a church now being us ..Read More
NYC misses key deadline in right-to-shelter migrants court case, lawyer says Posted on April 9, 2024 by Arya Sundaram in Gothamist The Adams administration missed a court deadline on Monday that requires the city to clear a waitlist for immigrants awaiting a shelter bed, according to an attorney in the lawsuit... ..Read More
Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules Posted on April 3, 2024 by Daniel Parra in City Limits As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices “to make alternate arrangement” to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are being offered to single migrants 23 and younger... ..Read More
The Callahan deal is not a victory Posted on March 22, 2024 by Dave Giffen and Adriene Holder in NY Daily News Last May, Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul initiated an attack on New York’s legal right to shelter for single adults based upon two faulty premises: first, that the city needed more flexibility in responding to the influx of thousands of... ..Read More
Callahan Settlement Preserves the Right to Shelter While Implementing Temporary Measures During the Humanitarian Crisis Posted on March 20, 2024 by Will Watts After months of a Court-supervised mediation, the Coalition for the Homeless and the City reached a settlement that stops Mayor Adams’ and Governor Hochul’s nearly year-long efforts to dismantle New York’s long-standing Right to Shelter for single adults ..Read More
Shelters Are Overloaded. Will a New Agreement Help? Posted on March 18, 2024 by James Barron in New York Times The city has negotiated a deal that will limit single migrants to 30-day shelter stays. Officials hope it will ease the crunch without increasing street homelessness. ..Read More
Attorney talks about new settlement for right-to-shelter law Posted on March 18, 2024 by Inside City Hall in Spectrum News Josh Goldfein, a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society’s Civil Practice, joined "Inside City Hall" to talk about the Right-to-Shelter law. On Friday, the city announced a settlement with the Legal Aid Society over the Right-to-Shelter law... ..Read More
NYC Narrows Re-Sheltering Rights for Recently-Arrived Immigrants Posted on March 15, 2024 by Emma Whitford in City Limits The Coalition for the Homeless reached a settlement with the City of New York Friday, adding new emergency terms to the 1981 decree that paved the way for the city’s unique right to a shelter bed. ..Read More
TODAY’S READ: Settlement reached over Right to Shelter law in New York City Posted on March 16, 2024 by Coalition for the Homeless Watch the video here. NEW YORK (WABC) — The legal agreement between New York City and homeless advocates scales back the decades-old ‘Right to Shelter’ law as the city tries to find housing for thousands of migrant adults. The terms of the se ..Read More
