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Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless on Governor Hochul’s and Deputy Mayor’s Remarks on Right to Shelter
Thursday, September 21, 2023
“Politicians like Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams believe that scapegoating the Right to Shelter will somehow relieve them of their obligations to manage a ‘crisis’ that is now more than eighteen months...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless on the Biden Administration’s Extension and Re-Designation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
“By extending and re-designating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans, the Biden Administration has created a legal pathway for thousands of our newest neighbors to find stability and secure...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless in Response to Reporting on City’s Proposal to Further Limit Shelter Stays for Single Adults
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
“This proposal is pointless, cruel, and another bureaucratic hurdle for new arrivals to navigate while trying to rebuild their lives in New York...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless on Mayor Adams’ Remarks that the Influx of New Arrivals “Will Destroy New York City”
Thursday, September 7, 2023
“Mayor Adams’ remarks that the influx of new arrivals ‘will destroy New York City’ are reckless and unproductive fear-mongering. His...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless on Recent Xenophobic Rallies Protesting Temporary Shelters for New Arrivals
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
“It is saddening, disturbing, and outraging to see the inflammatory and hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from those who oppose temporary shelters for...
We must keep N.Y.’s right to shelter: 42 years after the agreement, the compact has to be maintained
Saturday, August 26, 2023
In the late 1970s, Robert Callahan slept on the streets of the Bowery. He was destitute and lived with substance abuse, which made it difficult for him to secure and maintain permanent...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless in Response to Criticisms from the White House on the State and City’s Response to New Arrivals
Monday, August 28, 2023
"As tens of thousands of asylum seekers and other new arrivals continue to come to New York seeking help on their path to...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless in Response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s Address on Asylum Seekers
Thursday, August 24, 2023
“We agree with Governor Hochul’s call on the Biden Administration to immediately address the need for new arrivals to secure work authorization, and for additional resources in the form of funding and sites for emergency...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless on Governor Hochul Providing City Additional Resources to Serve New Arrivals
Monday, August 21, 2023
“We welcome these additional resources from Governor Hochul and her Administration in what we hope is the start of a more meaningful commitment to provide the City with funding, staffing, facilities, coordination and more to avoid another nightmarish...
Joint Statement from Legal Aid, Coalition for the Homeless in Response to Reporting on State and City’s Management of New Arrivals to New York City
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
“At this consequential time, we need both the State and the City, along with assistance from the Biden Administration, to work together constructively and in good faith to identify and implement solutions that will both ensure the humane treatment of new...
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