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City Limits spoke with several of the immigrants being transferred from the Holiday Inn Manhattan downtown to the new, large congregate shelter on Randall’s Island, a group that included a…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: First, Let’s Try Housing

“A better approach to tackling homelessness in New York City would be to just give unhoused New Yorkers housing.”

ByIriane Narcisse 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Asylum-Seeker Families Decry Sudden Transfer from Emergency Shelter in Queens

“When I told them I was assigned to room 503, the staff told me it’s an office,” said Carlos, who asked that his full name not be used for fear…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

New York City is opening its latest checkpoint for recently arrived immigrants, this time converting a hotel near Madison Square Garden into an intake and assessment center with rooms for…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

18

Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

Brothers Stuart and Jay Podolsky—long known for profiting off of poorly-maintained housing, and who are recent clients of Adams’ Chief of Staff Frank Carone—are leasing at least three of their…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

At Bronx Welcome Center, NYC Tests New Approach to Shelter for Street Homeless

The site opened to people moving off the streets and subways on March 28, amid significant backlash to ongoing homeless sweeps and calls by advocates and some elected officials for…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Health Housing and Homelessness News

As COVID Surges Again in NYC Shelters, Advocates Renew Call for Hotel Rooms

The number of COVID-positive New Yorkers staying in city shelters or connected with outreach workers more than doubled during the first two weeks of December. Advocates have urged the mayor…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

Many of the issues homeless new Yorkers with health problems face—abrupt transfers, inaccessible accommodations, shelters in isolated areas—existed long before the pandemic, but they have been laid bare as Mayor…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Aug 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Judge Temporarily Bars NYC’s Transfer of Homeless From Hotels to Shelters—Again

Several residents with disabilities say they were sent to buildings that did not meet their needs: Some were transferred to a hotel without a working elevator, and one woman who…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

Immigrant Adults Shuffled from Hotels to Tent Shelters, As City Seeks to Free Up Space

Opinion: First, Let’s Try Housing

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

At Bronx Welcome Center, NYC Tests New Approach to Shelter for Street Homeless

As COVID Surges Again in NYC Shelters, Advocates Renew Call for Hotel Rooms

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

Judge Temporarily Bars NYC’s Transfer of Homeless From Hotels to Shelters—Again

Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court

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