NYC misses key deadline in right-to-shelter migrants court case, lawyer says
The Adams administration has missed a court deadline Monday requiring the city to clear a waitlist for immigrants awaiting a shelter bed, according to an attorney in the lawsuit.
City Hall spokesperson Kayla Mamelak said in a statement the administration is working with Legal Aid to meet the terms of the settlement, as hundreds of new migrants continue to arrive daily in the city and request shelter. She said the city is working to make more shelter space by adding more beds “as quickly as possible” and helping migrants transition out of the shelter system.
New York City’s migrant shelter waitlist emerged — and ballooned — in recent months, as the city began limiting shelter stays for migrants toSingle adult migrants kicked out of shelters may return to the city’s “reticketing center” at St. Brigid’s Church in the East Village to reapply. The wait to receive a new shelter bed has at times surpassed one or two weeks. Meanwhile, as migrants wait, the city has only offered space to stay in so-called “waiting rooms” without beds.
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