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“Since last year, we’ve had constant communications and many meetings with the Adams Administration, including with deputy mayors and agency commissioners, on solutions City Hall can pursue to meet the needs of new arrivals... ..Read More

“As we stated last week, forcing families with children who have already endured unthinkable suffering on their journey to New York – trauma the Mayor reportedly saw with his own eyes when he visited the Darién Gap... ..Read More

“Forcing families with children who have endured unthinkable suffering traveling to New York - trauma the Mayor reportedly saw with his own eyes when he visited the Darién Gap last week... ..Read More

City’s Revised Application, Supported by the State, Would Not Only Impact New Arrivals, but also Thousands of Long-time New Yorkers ..Read More

As the influx of asylum seekers and other new arrivals has strained the relief systems in New York City and the relationship between Mayor Adams and the Governor, it has also clearly strained Governor Hochul’s commitment to her own beliefs.  ..Read More

“The City’s shameful revised application would go far beyond limiting its obligation to provide some form of emergency shelter to asylum seekers and other new arrivals... ..Read More

What to look for and ask about in the week ahead in the City’s and State’s efforts to manage New York’s crisis of increasing homelessness and the influx of new arrivals... ..Read More

Any policy limiting the amount of time that our clients can reside in shelter is arbitrary and devoid of compassion. ..Read More

“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 old. ..Read More