Migrant families whose stays in city-sponsored shelters were due to begin expiring the day after Christmas under a 60-day limit will have at least another week to remain in the facilities, according to an administration source familiar with the deliberations. Their evictions will be postponed until after New Year’s Day and potentially longer, according to […]
Migrant Crisis
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Adams Accuses Lander of ‘Tying Our Hands’ by Vetting Emergency Migrant Contracts
City Hall officials said Tuesday that efforts to house asylum seekers would be slowed by Comptroller Brad Lander’s decision to restrict Mayor Eric Adams’ ability to ink emergency contracts. Lander announced Monday in a letter sent to city agencies that his office would now need to pre-approve emergency procurement requests under many circumstances, changing what […]
Posted inSchools
Students at NYC’s Largest School for ‘Newcomers’ Push for Name Change
The name of New York City’s largest public school for immigrant students succinctly describes who it serves: Newcomers High School. The school, located near a cluster of newly opened homeless shelters in Long Island City, Queens, has lived up to its name, enrolling perhaps more migrant students over the past two school years than any […]
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City Tweaks Rules at Shelter Re-Up Site to Curb Overnight Camping
City officials have rejiggered the way that adult migrants reapplying for another 30-day shelter stint are counted, in an attempt to reduce the number sleeping outside a “reticketing site” in the East Village, advocates say. The change comes following uproar earlier this week, as hundreds of people waited for hours outside the 7th Street site […]
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Only a Handful of Migrants at ‘Reticketing Site’ Accept City’s Free Trips Out
Of the thousands of people who’ve passed through an East Village “reticketing site” City Hall opened a month ago to encourage migrants to move somewhere else, just 10% have accepted tickets elsewhere, according to internal data obtained by THE CITY. Of 5,560 people who’ve gone to the reticketing site, just 570 have taken free plane […]
Posted inCity Hall
Budget Cuts Hit Preschools, Cops, Libraries as Mayor Blames Migrants
New York City’s expansion of universal pre-k, some trash pickup, and library services have been slashed as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ “extremely painful” cuts in a newly-announced budget modification that looks to trim the city’s spending. Every agency will see 5% budget reductions this month, the mayor’s budget officials said, as the city faces […]
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How THE CITY Covers the Migrant Crisis
This piece is the first in a series of deep dives that will take you through THE CITY’s impact and values, give you a behind-the-scenes look at our newsroom, and introduce you to our reporters. We hope this series will move you to contribute to our year-end fundraising campaign. Reader donations make THE CITY’s work […]
Posted inImmigrants
Miss Immigrant USA, Whose Contestants Often Appear With Adams, Cancels Its Crowning
They’ve been photographed repeatedly with Mayor Eric Adams. They’ve volunteered their time at more than 100 government and civic events in the last three months. They are contestants in Miss Immigrant USA, where many traditional beauty pageant rules do not apply. Here, contestants representing different countries of origin are judged not by their age or […]
Posted inFAQ NYC
LISTEN: The FDNY Keeps Shutting Down Migrant Shelters
Co-hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel discuss kids in tents, city hall’s crude insult comedy, Eric Adams’ strong political hand and much more. Some show notes, starting with election stuff! Look up your early voting and election day votings sites and also what will be on your ballot. Read up on the handful […]
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Baffled Migrants Sent from Shelter to Shelter With No Rest as City Pushes Them To Leave
Migrants are experiencing a new level of confusion and hopelessness this week as city officials make a renewed push to get them out of shelters and the city altogether. Migrants who’d been evicted from their shelters and told to reapply were directed to a site in the East Village that turned out to be a […]