Randalls Island Tents Are Coming Down, City Says, but 60,000 …
WEB19 hours ago · City officials first opened a first tent shelter on Randall’s Island in October of 2022 as the number of migrants arriving in New York City began to spike, but closed it shortly after as the influx of new arrivals stabilized.. In August of 2023, officials announced the opening of a second tent shelter there as the city struggled to handle another surge of migrants to the region.
Exclusive | NYC seeking 14,000 hotel rooms to shelter migrants …
WEB18 hours ago · The city Asylum Funding Tracker projects that migrant shelter costs will drop from $1.51 billion last year to $233 million in the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Adams has said that 30 ...
NYC to close mega Randall’s Island migrant shelter as new arrivals ...
WEB21 hours ago · The drop in new arrivals, coupled with the city’s 30—and 60-day shelter stay limit policies, has decreased the number of migrants in city shelters from close to 70,000 late last year to a ...
Homelessness in the U.S. hit a record high last year : NPR
WEBDec 15, 2023 · The report, released today by the department of Housing and Urban development, found more than 650,000 people were living in shelters or outside in tents or cars. That's up a whopping 12% from...
NYC is beginning to evict some people in migrant shelters | AP News
WEBMay 23, 2024 · New York City is stepping up its efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters as it begins 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.
Massachusetts places historic limit on families seeking homeless shelter
WEBMay 1, 2024 · Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a spending bill Tuesday that will enforce a time limit on stays in the state's emergency shelter system, reversing a 40-year-old "right to shelter" for...
Thousands of migrants released in San Diego due to full shelters | AP News
WEBOct 10, 2023 · San Diego's well-oiled system of migrant shelters is being tested like never before as U.S. Customs and Border Protection releases migrants to the streets of California’s second-largest city because shelters are full.
America’s Homelessness Crisis Is Getting Worse - The New York Times
WEBJuly 15, 2022. America’s homelessness problem has the makings of an acute crisis. Shelters across the U.S. are reporting a surge in people looking for help, with wait lists doubling or tripling...
With beds scarce and winter bearing down, a ... - Associated Press News
WEBJan 25, 2024 · As New York City struggles to house an influx of immigrants, an unsanctioned tent community is growing outside the gates of the city’s largest migrant shelter on Randall’s Island. New immigrants trying to earn a living have also set up a makeshift bazaar to sell coffee, snacks and other items.
NYC Confronts Homelessness Crisis as Shelters are Overwhelmed
WEBAug 1, 2023 · For over a year, record numbers of asylum seekers have arrived in New York from across the globe, nearly doubling the city’s homeless population in one huge spasm: More than 100,000 people now live...