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The mayor’s office said sleeping on the floor could be a fire hazard. But the rules appear to be sowing confusion, at least at one overnight site in Brooklyn, where…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Apr 2024

Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules

As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices “to make alternate arrangement” to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

The proposed class action suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of four New Yorkers who say they should be eligible for CityFHEPS, but are closed…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

State Bill Looks to Repeal NYC’s 30- and 60-Day Shelter Limits

The legislation, introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz and State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, would prohibit policies that restrict the length of homeless shelter stays—aimed at halting the Adams administration’s…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

While the Adams administration has been issuing shelter deadlines to adult immigrants for months, and to some families with kids in hotels as part of a separate initiative, Tuesday’s evictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

State Grants Reduced Shelter Standards For Adults ‘When Necessary’

Clean mattresses, sheets and pillows. Towels, soap and toilet paper. These are among the shelter requirements New York State has agreed to waive in instances where no alternative is available—specifically…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness News

City Seeks State Approval to Issue 60-Day Shelter Limit to More Asylum Seekers

The city is seeking permission to issue the time-limit notices to adult asylum seekers who are being housed in Department of Homeless Services facilities, saying that doing so will open…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Opinion

Opinion: ICE Detention is Incarceration by Another Name

“As we go into an election year, it is vital that New York prioritize passing legislation that will protect immigrants across our state, like the Dignity not Detention Act, and stop using our resources to…

BySristee Acharya

ByAmín Fernández 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census

An inaugural city report groups together shelter headcounts from five municipal systems, revealing a truer—and larger—picture of the homelessness crisis than the often-cited Department of Homeless Services count.

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Jul 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Former Homeless Services Head to Oppose City in Right-to-Shelter Litigation

Steve Banks, who served as social services commissioner under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, is returning to a familiar posture—opposing City Hall in litigation over the city’s unique shelter rights…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

City Advises Migrants to Sleep in Chairs at Overnight ‘Drop-In Centers’

Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

State Bill Looks to Repeal NYC’s 30- and 60-Day Shelter Limits

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

State Grants Reduced Shelter Standards For Adults ‘When Necessary’

City Seeks State Approval to Issue 60-Day Shelter Limit to More Asylum Seekers

Opinion: ICE Detention is Incarceration by Another Name

As Homeless Population Booms, NYC Steps Closer to an Accurate Shelter Census

Former Homeless Services Head to Oppose City in Right-to-Shelter Litigation

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