NEW YORK — New York City announced Wednesday that it will give long-term adult immigrant asylum seekers in shelters 60 days to find alternative housing, Mayor Eric Adams said. In this way, space could be created for families with children who continue to arrive non-stop since last year, added the mayor.
Adams made the announcement at a press conference in which he reiterated that the city has no more space and that since the migratory flow began, more than 90,000 people have already arrived, of which 54,000 are under city care.
Those 54,000 immigrants are roughly half of the 105,800 people the city hosts in its shelters.
Each asylum seeker who is notified will have multiple points of contact with caseworkers during their 60 days to discuss their options and plan their next steps. L
If they do not find a place to live in those 60 days, they will have to start the process of requesting a new place in another shelter.
“We are going to give asylum seekers (as immigrants are often called) a 60-day notice to prepare to seek alternative accommodation,” said the mayor, adding: “Our social services will help you explore other options and get in touch with their networks of friends and family.
New York’s real estate market, one of the most expensive in the country, doesn’t make things easy for immigrants, especially if they don’t have a job.
“We have no more space in the city. It cannot continue, it is not sustainable and we are not going to pretend otherwise,” insisted Adams, who also announced a campaign to combat “misinformation on the border”, in the sense that they want to dissuade to those who plan to come to New York expecting an open door policy. The flyers will highlight that the city cannot continue to offer the level of service it has been providing.
In the past year of the immigration crisis, the city has been forced to rent hotels and find other accommodation for immigrants, single adults and families with children, to whom it also provides food and guarantees a place for the children in the public school system. .
Last week, more than 2,800 immigrants entered the shelters provided by the city.
New York is the only city in the country legally required to provide shelter to anyone under a law passed in the 1980s, but its capacities have been overwhelmed in the past 12 months.
2023-07-19 20:25:47
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