Thousands of migrants are pouring into NYC from Texas, straining a shaky shelter system. When will it hit a tipping point? Posted on August 31, 2022 by Josephine Stratman in NY Daily News Around 7,600 migrants have poured into New York over the last several weeks — many on buses from Texas courtesy of Gov. Greg Abbott — straining an already-shaky social service network. Read more… ..Read More
NYC struggling to house busloads of migrants as hotel, intake center plan falls apart Posted on August 28, 2022 by Nolan Hicks and Bernadette Hogan in NY Post Overwhelmed city officials are struggling to provide a promised intake center and hotel rooms to migrants being shipped by the busload from Texas to the Big Apple, The Post has learned. Read more… ..Read More
City changes plan for Briarwood homeless shelter Posted on August 30, 2022 by Jacob Kaye in Queens Eagle Following months of outrage from a City Councilmember and a group of vocal Briarwood residents, a proposed homeless shelter for the neighborhood will now have an age restriction on the population it soon will serve. Read more… ..Read More
Strategies for solving homelessness in New York City and across the U.S. Posted on August 26, 2022 by MOLLY BOLAN & PETE TOMAO in City and State NY A look at how communities are making progress helping people who are homeless. Read more… ..Read More
NYC Considers Summer Camps to House Homeless Migrants Posted on August 26, 2022 by David Brand in City Limits Strained for shelter space, the Adams administration confirmed it was exploring the possibility of using camp facilities “should they become necessary,” to house asylum seekers arriving from the Southern border. The city has relied on commercial hotels and ..Read More
Wait goes on for NYC housing vouchers despite ‘immediate’ fix pledge Posted on August 24, 2022 by Nolan Hicks in NY Post Rules requiring a months-long stay in city shelters to qualify for housing vouchers are still in place weeks after city officials pledged to speed up the process — exacerbating already crowded conditions, The Post has learned. Read more… ..Read More
NYC Demanding Asylum Seekers Provide Papers That They Say Don’t Exist Posted on August 18, 2022 by Melissa Russo in NBC New York NYC’s shelter intake center, PATH, typically requests those seeking shelter provide certain historical data on where they’ve lived – which asylum seekers largely can’t provide. Read more… ..Read More
Eric Adams defends DSS head Gary Jenkins after report he withheld asylum seeker violations Posted on August 15, 2022 by Sara Dorn in City and State NY The Department of Investigation has reportedly opened a probe into allegations that the Department of Social Services orchestrated a cover-up of illegal shelter conditions. Read more… ..Read More
Key Homeless Group Says NYC Hiding Shelter Problems in Missing Data Posted on August 15, 2022 by Melissa Russo in NBC New York NYC Mayor Eric Adams acknowledges the city violated its legal mandate to shelter families on July 17-18, but a key report for that time period obtained Sunday by News 4 does not list any violations. Read more… ..Read More