New York City, overwhelmed by influx of bused migrants, opens makeshift tent camp
2 years, 2 months ago

New York City, overwhelmed by influx of bused migrants, opens makeshift tent camp

CNN  

CNN — New York City opened a sprawling tent camp Wednesday on an isolated East River island to temporarily house hundreds of single, adult male migrants whose arrival has prompted the mayor to declare a state of emergency. Greg Abbott and other southern border officials started busing thousands of migrants to New York, the 84,400-square-foot tent facility in Randall’s Island is the city’s latest response to what Mayor Eric Adams has called a humanitarian crisis. The Randall’s Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center spans more than 6.4 acres and cost $325,000 to set up, according to New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol. If it takes less time than that, that’s also fine.” The city will work with asylum seekers who do not have family in the US to figure out the next steps, New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom said.

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‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump
1 week, 5 days ago

‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump

Al Jazeera  

More than 200,000 asylum seekers and migrants have arrived in the US city in the past two years. Dubbed the “new Ellis Island” of New York City, the Roosevelt Hotel has welcomed upwards of 150,000 migrants and asylum seekers from more than 160 countries since reopening as a shelter. “If we can’t get assistance from New York City, we may …

NYC shrinks migrant shelter systems as border surge slows and Trump threatens mass deportations
1 week, 6 days ago

NYC shrinks migrant shelter systems as border surge slows and Trump threatens mass deportations

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City is shrinking the huge emergency shelter system it created to house tens of thousands of migrants as the number of new arrivals steadily drops and President-elect Donald Trump has promised mass deportations upon regaining the White House next month. Since the November election, migrants and their advocates have focused their efforts on urging the …

NYC is beginning to evict some people in migrant shelters under stricter rules
7 months ago

NYC is beginning to evict some people in migrant shelters under stricter rules

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City stepped up its efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters Wednesday as it began enforcing a new rule that limits some adult asylum-seekers to a month in the system before they have to find a bed on their own. The city also restricts migrant families with young children to 60-day stays, but …

NYC policy on how long migrant families can stay in shelters was ‘haphazard,’ audit finds
7 months, 1 week ago

NYC policy on how long migrant families can stay in shelters was ‘haphazard,’ audit finds

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New York City policy imposing 60-day limits on shelter stays for migrant families was rolled out haphazardly over the past six months — with issues such as the city failing to notify pregnant women they may be exempt, a new audit by the city’s comptroller has found. “Nearly half of all families who have seen their …

With beds scarce and winter bearing down, a tent camp grows outside NYC’s largest migrant shelter
10 months, 4 weeks ago

With beds scarce and winter bearing down, a tent camp grows outside NYC’s largest migrant shelter

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — On any given night, some 3,000 migrants sleep on cots lined up inside huge, heated tents on a small island with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. “We arrived in the winter and there isn’t much work in the winter.” Like other American cities, New York has seen a dramatic influx of migrants since in 2022, when …

New York City built a migrant tent camp on a remote former airfield. Then winter arrived
11 months, 1 week ago

New York City built a migrant tent camp on a remote former airfield. Then winter arrived

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When New York City officials erected a sprawling tent complex on a remote former airport in Brooklyn to house asylum-seeking migrants this fall, many of the recent arrivals and their advocates questioned the wisdom of placing thousands of people in a flood zone, miles from schools and other services, just as winter set in. Immigrants run in …

Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays
1 year ago

Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Migrant families and their advocates marched outside New York City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Eric Adams end his plan to limit the number of days newly arrived immigrants can remain in city-run shelters. Liza Schwartzwald, a director at the New York Immigration Coalition, one of the groups that organized Tuesday’s rally, said the time limits …

No room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters
1 year ago

No room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters

LA Times  

Migrants queue in the cold as they look for a shelter outside a migrant assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School on Dec. 5 in New York. Thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere. It could be a …

No room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters
1 year ago

No room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. Migrants queue in the cold as they look for a shelter outside a migrant assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. Migrant Karina Obando, from Ecuador poses for …

New York City ‘At Capacity’, Struggles to House Migrants, Mayor Urges Federal Sharing of Costs
1 year ago

New York City ‘At Capacity’, Struggles to House Migrants, Mayor Urges Federal Sharing of Costs

News 18  

Blanca, an asylum seeker with two daughters, must leave the New York City shelter she has called home for the past year after Christmas to make room for new arrivals. Blanca is one of 66,000 asylum seekers currently in shelters in New York which, according to Mayor Eric Adams, must “manage a national asylum seeker crisis largely on its own”. …

New York City Sets Up Office to Give Migrants One-way Tickets Out of Town
1 year, 1 month ago

New York City Sets Up Office to Give Migrants One-way Tickets Out of Town

News 18  

New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center” in Manhattan as its latest bid to ease pressure on its shelters and finances …

New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town
1 year, 1 month ago

New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center” in Manhattan as its latest bid to ease pressure on its …

Over 3,000 migrants have hit NYC shelter time limit, but about half have asked to stay, report says
1 year, 2 months ago

Over 3,000 migrants have hit NYC shelter time limit, but about half have asked to stay, report says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — About 3,000 asylum-seekers have been told their time was up in New York City shelters, but about half have reapplied to stay, according to a newspaper report. Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that New York would start giving adult migrants 60 days’ notice to move out of city shelters. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services …

New York City limiting migrant families with children to 60-day shelter stays to ease strain on city
1 year, 2 months ago

New York City limiting migrant families with children to 60-day shelter stays to ease strain on city

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that he is limiting shelter stays for migrant families with children to 60 days, bidding to ease pressure on a city housing system overwhelmed by a large influx of asylum seekers over the past year. The Democrat’s office said it will begin sending 60-day notices to migrant families who …

New York governor backs suspension of ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx strains city
1 year, 2 months ago

New York governor backs suspension of ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx strains city

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Hochul endorsed the New York City’s challenge to the requirement in a court filing this week, telling reporters Thursday that the mandate was never meant to apply to an international humanitarian crisis. The shelter requirement has been in place for more than four decades in New York City, following a legal agreement that required …

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues
1 year, 2 months ago

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it, as the city’s shelter system strains under a large influx of international migrants who have arrived since last year. The filing came as Mayor Eric Adams embarks on a four-day trip through Latin America, starting …

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues
1 year, 2 months ago

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues

LA Times  

New York Mayor Eric Adams, shown in January, is embarking on a four-day trip through Latin America where he said he will discourage people from moving to his city. New York City is challenging a legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it, as the city’s shelter system strains under a large influx …

New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters
1 year, 3 months ago

New York City further tightens time limit for migrants to move out of shelters

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Beleaguered by a continuing influx of asylum seekers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is further tightening shelter rules by limiting adult migrants to just 30 days in city-run facilities — to help ease pressures on the city’s already struggling shelter system and perhaps dissuade more migrants from coming. But the mayor called the move “another step …

Chicago to move migrants from police stations to tent camps before winter under mayor’s plan
1 year, 3 months ago

Chicago to move migrants from police stations to tent camps before winter under mayor’s plan

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Nearly 1,600 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be relocated from Chicago police stations to winterized camps with massive tents under a plan by Mayor Brandon Johnson, according to a report released Thursday. The relocations will occur “before the weather begins to shift and change,” Johnson said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times. The tents could …

REVEALED: NYC's $4.7BN migrant bill is equal to cost of critical services like sanitation, parks and fire department COMBINED - as Mayor Eric Adams warns crisis will destroy the city, with schools alr
1 year, 3 months ago

REVEALED: NYC's $4.7BN migrant bill is equal to cost of critical services like sanitation, parks and fire department COMBINED - as Mayor Eric Adams warns crisis will destroy the city, with schools alr

Daily Mail  

New York City's migrant crisis will cost the city more than $4billion this fiscal year if the situation continues - as mayor Eric Adams warned the influx of asylum seekers could destroy the city. There are now nearly 60,000 migrants in the city's care, with about 21,000 new migrant children starting school this year. Migrants were seen sleeping outside The …

New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
1 year, 4 months ago

New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York City officials want to ease pressure on overcrowded homeless shelters by housing migrants in a federal jail that once held mobsters, terrorists and Wall Street swindlers before being shut down after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide. Kathy Hochul’s administration, came as New York struggles to handle the estimated 100,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since …

NYC plans to house migrants on an island in the East River
1 year, 4 months ago

NYC plans to house migrants on an island in the East River

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan Monday to house as many as 2,000 migrants on an island in the East River where a migrant center was set up last year and then taken down weeks later. “We’re grateful to Governor Hochul and New York state for their partnership in opening this new humanitarian relief center …

NYC plans to set up a shelter for 1,000 migrants in the parking lot of a psychiatric hospital
1 year, 4 months ago

NYC plans to set up a shelter for 1,000 migrants in the parking lot of a psychiatric hospital

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City will set up a shelter for up to 1,000 migrants in the parking lot of a state psychiatric hospital as thousands of asylum seekers continue to arrive in the city weekly, officials said Wednesday. The new emergency relief center at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital in the Queens borough of New York will house adult …

Tent city troubles emerge in New York City as migrants seek shelter below Brooklyn-Queens Expressway amid housing crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

Tent city troubles emerge in New York City as migrants seek shelter below Brooklyn-Queens Expressway amid housing crisis

Hindustan Times  

A mini tent city has appeared under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood, raising concerns about the fate of migrants booted from the city's newest mega shelters. A mini tent city has appeared under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway raising concerns about the fate of migrants booted from the city's newest mega shelters. City's Soaring Asylum Seekers Count The situation …

New York City will give some migrants 60 days notice to leave shelter system, mayor says
1 year, 5 months ago

New York City will give some migrants 60 days notice to leave shelter system, mayor says

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — With hundreds of migrants arriving daily, New York City will start giving adult asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system 60 days notice to find somewhere else to live, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday. “It’s not sustainable and we’re not going to pretend as though it is sustainable.” Under the new policy, Deputy Mayor for Health and …

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility
1 year, 6 months ago

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility

Associated Press  

NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New York as a place of “open arms,” a refuge for immigrants fleeing dire circumstances. “It’s better in New York City,” Mohamed said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, says he will continue his efforts to disperse some of the more …

Citing migrant influx, New York mayor asks court to suspend long-standing ‘right to shelter’
1 year, 6 months ago

Citing migrant influx, New York mayor asks court to suspend long-standing ‘right to shelter’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York’s mayor asked a judge on Tuesday to let the city suspend its long-standing “right to shelter” obligation, saying officials are no longer able to house every homeless person because of the arrival of tens of thousands of international migrants. “It is in the best interest of everyone, including those seeking to come to the United …

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of New York City are met with hostility
1 year, 7 months ago

Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of New York City are met with hostility

LA Times  

Mohamed, 19, who fled political persecution in the African country of Mauritania, covers his face to protect his identity outside the Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, N.Y., before heading into town to look for work. “It’s better in New York City,” Mohamed said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, says he will continue his efforts to disperse some of …

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers
1 year, 7 months ago

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are being converted to emergency shelters. “New York City has now cared for more than 65,000 asylum seekers — already opening up …

Hotels in New York City turn into emergency shelters amid US asylum seekers' crisis
1 year, 7 months ago

Hotels in New York City turn into emergency shelters amid US asylum seekers' crisis

India Today  

The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are being converted to emergency shelters. “New York City has now cared for more than 65,000 asylum seekers — already opening up over 140 emergency …

New York City sticking with migrant hotel plan despite pushback from suburbs
1 year, 7 months ago

New York City sticking with migrant hotel plan despite pushback from suburbs

Associated Press  

A plan by New York City officials to send some migrants seeking asylum to hotels in northern suburbs was met with fierce resistance by local leaders, leading to a delay in an initial transfer that had been touted for Wednesday even as the city insisted its plans hadn’t changed. New York City officials had intended to move forward with at …

NYC to send asylum-seekers upstate to deal with influx
1 year, 7 months ago

NYC to send asylum-seekers upstate to deal with influx

Associated Press  

New York City’s mayor announced plans Friday to send hundreds of asylum-seekers to two hotels north of the city for up to four months as it tries to cope with a surge of arrivals, antagonizing officials in the largely suburban area. Greg Abbott for busing asylum-seekers to New York City without prior coordination, and officials representing the areas north of …

Adams wants FEMA to stop giving money to cities that use funds to send migrants to NYC
1 year, 7 months ago

Adams wants FEMA to stop giving money to cities that use funds to send migrants to NYC

CNN  

CNN — Mayor Eric Adams wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stop allocating money to cities that are using the funding to rent buses and send migrants to New York City, according to a city official. The mayor has been increasingly critical of the White House’s handling of the crisis and raised eyebrows recently when he declared at a …

New York City to open a fifth relief center amid the continued influx of asylum seekers, mayor says
1 year, 11 months ago

New York City to open a fifth relief center amid the continued influx of asylum seekers, mayor says

CNN  

CNN — New York City is set to open a relief center in a terminal for cruise ships, which will provide temporary respite to the continued influx of asylum-seekers entering the city, officials said. The new site will be located at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, one of three terminals for cruise ships in the New York City metropolitan area, Mayor …

New York will close migrant ‘tent city’ less than a month after opening
2 years, 1 month ago

New York will close migrant ‘tent city’ less than a month after opening

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Less than a month after it opened, New York City …

NYC closing just-opened migrant center over slowing numbers
2 years, 1 month ago

NYC closing just-opened migrant center over slowing numbers

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City is closing a tent complex for migrants that it had just opened three weeks ago as the influx of people being bused from southern border states has slowed, officials said Thursday. The temporary humanitarian relief facility at Randall’s Island is scheduled to shut next week, and any occupants will be offered space at a …

NYC Opens Emergency Center For Influx Of Bused Migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

NYC Opens Emergency Center For Influx Of Bused Migrants

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — A complex of giant tents built on an island opened Wednesday as New York City’s latest temporary shelter for an influx of international migrants being bused into the city by southern border states. In recent months, New York City has seen an unexpected increase in migrants seeking asylum in the United States who have …

NYC opens emergency center for influx of bused migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

NYC opens emergency center for influx of bused migrants

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A complex of giant tents built on an island opened Wednesday as New York City’s latest temporary shelter for an influx of international migrants being bused into the city by southern border states. In recent months, New York City has seen an unexpected increase in migrants seeking asylum in the United States who have been sent to …

Google maps creates label for New York City's new migrant camp
2 years, 2 months ago

Google maps creates label for New York City's new migrant camp

Daily Mail  

The project has been mired with controversy since it was announced last month, with many accusing Adams of wasting taxpayer dollars New Yorkers dearly need Google Maps has created a surprising label for the location where New York City Mayor Eric Adams has decided to house asylum seekers in the city. Rather than reading 'Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center' …

New York City opens tent shelter for bussed-in asylum seekers
2 years, 2 months ago

New York City opens tent shelter for bussed-in asylum seekers

Al Jazeera  

Emergency centre aims to house about 500 single men, many of them from Venezuela, amid Republican bussing campaign. “The history of this country has always been tied to welcoming those who are fleeing harm,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a video posted on Twitter on Wednesday about the facility. That's what we're doing on Randall's Island.” – …

Buses brought the border to New York City. Soon emergency tents will house hundreds of migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

Buses brought the border to New York City. Soon emergency tents will house hundreds of migrants

CNN  

CNN — The latest signs of the crisis New York is facing are massive white tents the city’s mayor says he never imagined he’d have to build. Adams says his city has risen to the occasion, and that New York remains committed to helping the many arriving migrants who’ve gotten caught in the cruelty of a man-made crisis. A system …

Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants
2 years, 2 months ago

Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants

Associated Press  

New York City’s mayor declared a state of emergency on Friday over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states since the spring, saying the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is “not sustainable.” “A city recovering from an ongoing global pandemic is being overwhelmed by a humanitarian crisis made by human …

Fears of ‘operational and moral failure’ at New York’s migrant tent city
2 years, 2 months ago

Fears of ‘operational and moral failure’ at New York’s migrant tent city

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’ve surpassed well over 15,000 asylum seekers,” New York City Council member Shahana Hanif …

After storms, NYC moving location of planned migrant shelter
2 years, 2 months ago

After storms, NYC moving location of planned migrant shelter

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Giant tents for temporarily housing migrants arriving in New York City are being moved to an island off Manhattan from a remote corner of the Bronx, after storms raised concerns over flooding at the original site. Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that the city’s humanitarian relief center will now be on Randall’s Island, which sits in the …

As shelters fill, NYC weighs tents to house migrants
2 years, 3 months ago

As shelters fill, NYC weighs tents to house migrants

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City’s mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bused into the Big Apple as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies. New York City’s huge system of homeless shelters has been straining to accommodate the unexpected new flow …

As shelters fill, New York will use tents to house migrants
2 years, 3 months ago

As shelters fill, New York will use tents to house migrants

LA Times  

A migrant at a New York shelter after arriving on a bus from Texas. “This is not an everyday homelessness crisis, but a humanitarian crisis that requires a different approach,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement Thursday. City officials said the facilities — which they call “humanitarian emergency response and relief centers” — would house migrants for …

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