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NYC is the only major U.S. city with a law guaranteeing the right to shelter. Mayor Eric Adams says the time has come to change that in order to keep their shelter system from collapsing and staunch the flow of migrants.
In the last year, more than 70,000 asylum-seekers have come through NYC. The city has since opened more than 150 emergency shelters, and its shelter system now houses more migrants than established New Yorkers.
On Tuesday night, City Hall’s legal team filed a request in the state court seeking to absolve the administration of its shelter mandate for homeless adults if the city doesn’t have the resources to shelter them. (Families with children wouldn’t be affected.)
“The city is unable to provide care for an unlimited number of people, and it’s already over extended,” said Anne Williams-Isom, the city’s deputy mayor for health and human services. “It is in the best interest of everyone, including those seeking to come to the United States, to be upfront that New York City cannot single handedly provide care to everyone crossing the border.”
The move stands to further alienate the Democratic mayor from other party leaders and could exacerbate a growing rift with President Joe Biden over the crisis. But conservative Dems and Republicans in the state praised the move.