What to know
About 3,000 asylum seekers have been told their time has run out in New York City shelters, but about half have reapplied to stay. New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that the city would begin giving adult immigrants 60 days notice to leave city-run shelters. The policy has since been tightened. The Daily News says 3,025 notices have expired since the initial 60-day policy went into effect.
NEW YORK — About 3,000 asylum seekers have been told their time has run out in New York City shelters, but about half have reapplied to stay, according to a news report.
The most populous city in the United States has struggled to cope with the arrival of more than 120,000 asylum seekers last year. About 60,000 are currently in shelters run by the city, which is required by law to provide emergency housing to the homeless. The obligation is unmatched in any other major city in the United States.
Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that New York would begin giving adult immigrants a 60-day notice to leave the city’s shelters. The policy has since been expanded to families with children and reduced to 30 days for adults not accompanied by children.
Immigrants, many of whom do not have legal authorization to work, can reapply for refuge if they cannot find another place to live.
Since the initial 60-day policy went into effect, about 3,025 notices have expired, the Daily News reported Friday. Health and Human Services Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said Tuesday that about “less than 50%” of people requested to stay; The newspaper estimated that there were about 1,500 people.
Williams-Isom presented the statistic as a sign that the policy was prompting people to find their own housing.
A Legal Aid Society lawyer didn’t see it that way.
“It would make more sense to step up actual case management and help people get out on a schedule that’s appropriate for them, rather than arbitrarily telling them they have to come back” and reapply on a specific day, said attorney Josh Goldfein to the Daily News.
So far, the city has served out at least 13,500 of the 60-day notices, many of which have not yet expired, according to the newspaper.
2023-10-24 00:46:06
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