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Officials attributed the closures to a steady decline in the number of people in the shelter system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 migrants and asylum seekers remain, the majority of them families with children. ..Read More

New York City officials announced on Tuesday that they would close a giant tent complex in Brooklyn that houses some 2,000 migrants, a pre-emptive step meant to fend off concerns that the shelter could be targeted by the Trump administration. ..Read More

The New York city mayor, Eric Adams, announced on Tuesday that an additional 25 shelters used to house asylum seekers will be closing in the coming two months. ..Read More

The Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field, located at a former airfield in the borough of Brooklyn, joins a growing list of 25 shelters the city has either closed or is in the processing of shutting down. ..Read More

Dave Giffen is Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, the oldest advocacy and direct service organization serving people without homes. The Coalition established NY’s legal Right to Shelter in 1981 and serves as independent monitor of the muni ..Read More

Staff at the Coalition for the Homeless headquarters in Lower Manhattan are busily sorting through dozens of donated toys as part of their annual holiday toy drive this time of year. The initiative aims to collect and distribute 10,000 toys to children living ..Read More