Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center Archives

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In 2024, the city temporarily suspended requirements for some shelters during a surge of new immigrant arrivals, so that it could more quickly set up emergency sites. Mayor Mamdani now…

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Jun 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration

As NYC’s Asylum Seeker Arrival Center Closes, What’s Next for Migrants in Shelter?

As of June 24, anyone looking for shelter—including newly arrived immigrants—should go to the Department of Homeless Services’ regular intake centers, City Limits has learned.

ByDaniel Parra

ByVictoria Moran Garcia 5Comments

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Dec 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City to Close Dozens of Sites Housing Migrants, Citing Dip in Shelter Population

Officials attributed the closures to a steady decline in the number of people in the shelter system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 migrants and asylum seekers remain, the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2024

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration Opinion

Opinion: The Mayor Must Protect Homeless Youth

“The Adams administration, simply put, must do more to address the historic crisis of youth homelessness our city faces. Instead, the administration has made policies that will create a worse…

ByAmy Leipziger 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth

‘It’s Not the Place, But Where it’s Located’: Immigrant Families Weather First Weeks in Floyd Bennett Shelter

City Limits recently spoke with several families about what it was like to live at the shelter, the first congregate facility in which the city has placed large numbers of…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor News

Outside Randall’s Island Tent Shelters, Immigrants Cook to Sell or Share

Over the last several weeks, shelter residents and volunteers said they’ve seen increased enforcement around cooking and vending at the site, including an operation on Oct. 17 in which the…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

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

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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Jul 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Mayor Adams Puts 60-Day Limit on Shelter Stays for Adult Migrants

In the coming days, the city will start notifying asylum seekers staying in its Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers of the new time limit, starting with single adults who’ve…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Bill Looks to Set Standards for Emergency Shelters as City Opens 12th Migrant Relief Center

A bill introduced in the City Council would establish “minimum standards” for HERRCs and respite centers that the city would have to meet, including that beds be at least…

ByDaniel Parra

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants

For weeks, City Limits has been speaking to people sheltered at two of the city’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs: one at The ROW Hotel and another…

ByDaniel Parra 5Comments

Mamdani Looks to Phase Out Emergency Migrant Shelters That Don’t Meet City Standards

As NYC’s Asylum Seeker Arrival Center Closes, What’s Next for Migrants in Shelter?

City to Close Dozens of Sites Housing Migrants, Citing Dip in Shelter Population

Opinion: The Mayor Must Protect Homeless Youth

‘It’s Not the Place, But Where it’s Located’: Immigrant Families Weather First Weeks in Floyd Bennett Shelter

Outside Randall’s Island Tent Shelters, Immigrants Cook to Sell or Share

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

Mayor Adams Puts 60-Day Limit on Shelter Stays for Adult Migrants

Bill Looks to Set Standards for Emergency Shelters as City Opens 12th Migrant Relief Center

Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants

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