New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city will start giving adult asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system 60 days notice to find somewhere else to live.
FOX 5 NY's Christine Russo has the story.With hundreds of migrants arriving daily, New York City will start giving adult asylum seekers in the city's shelter system 60 days notice to find somewhere else to live, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday.
"We must now take additional steps to create urgently needed space for families with children who continue to arrive seeking asylum and help those with us take the next steps to their journey," Adams said at a City Hall news conference. He added, "Our goal is no child, no family sleeping on the streets."The city is planning to temporarily house migrants in public schools that will be used as shelters while students are on summer vacation.
The city has rented out entire hotels to house migrants and has also put cots in schools and temporarily housed people in tents, a cruise ship terminal and a former police academy building. Under the new policy, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom said adult asylum seekers who have been in the city’s shelter system for a significant amount of time will receive their 60-day notice on a rolling basis.Mayor Adams says he's asked the courts to suspend long-standing ‘right to shelter’ saying officials are no longer able to house every homeless person because of the arrival of tens of thousands of international migrants.
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