NYC Mayor Eric Adams Asks Court to Suspend Long-Standing 'Right to Shelter' Policy
Source: WNBC New York
The right to shelter has been in place for more than four decades in New York, after a court in 1981 required the city to provide temporary housing for every homeless person who asks for it. Other big U.S. cities don’t have such a rule.
But with the arrival of 70,000 asylum seekers since last spring, many of whom crossed into the U.S. from Mexico, the city has been challenged to find room for everyone in need of a temporary roof and bed.
“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 our border,” Mayor Adams said in a statement.
Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/migrant-crisis/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-asks-court-to-suspend-long-standing-right-to-shelter-policy/4360609/
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which offers no nuance about what else the article had to say about that poll, its margin of error, and the comparison to a previous poll which had different wording for the question.
They were also sent to Chicago and even here in Philly - we have received at least 1000 so far from TX.
On Wednesday and Thursday, approximately 80 asylum seekers – many of whom are from Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala and Columbia - traveled by bus from Texas to Philadelphia, officials announced.
By David Chang and Colleen Long • Published May 18, 2023 • Updated on May 18, 2023 at 8:15 pm
Several more migrants arrived in Philadelphia a week following the end of Title 42. On Wednesday and Thursday, approximately 80 asylum seekers – many of whom are from Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala and Columbia - traveled by bus from Texas to Philadelphia, officials announced.
All of the migrants were registered at the city’s welcoming facility on E. Luzerne Street in North Philadelphia. The arriving migrants received the following services from the City’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA), the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, non-profit groups and local hospitals:
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Philadelphia’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA) and the Philadelphia City Fund also launched the Philadelphia Welcoming Fund to allow residents the opportunity to help welcome immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Philadelphia. Since November 16 of last year, 23 total buses of migrants have arrived in Philadelphia which has received nearly 1,000 asylum seekers to date, according to officials.
The new arrivals come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years. Those restrictions are known as Title 42, because the authority comes from Title 42 of a 1944 public health law allowing curbs on migration in the name of protecting public health.
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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/80-more-migrants-arrive-in-philadelphia-following-end-of-title-42/3569455/
All of the busses came "unannounced", although some of the advocacy groups have been able to reach out and connect with the groups down there to get some heads-up of who would be "incoming" so their families or sponsors here in the U.S. could meet up with them here.
I expect we would have had more if this country actually learned some history and geography to realize that there was actually a current 2nd largest city on the east coast, where the country was founded and where the Constitution was written, that exists between Boston and Washington D.C., and that is not just "cheesesteaks", "Rocky", and "throwers of snowballs at a Santa during an Eagles game 55 years ago".
all of them were cleared for the immigration process and were given court dates.
Philadelphia and a number of other cities have declared themselves "Sanctuary Cities" (meaning there are state laws and/or county/city ordinances that were designed to help immigrants) - https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States
Some info here - https://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/556/
Per the OP, apparently the mayor of NYC is trying to get out of that designation and in general, the whole immigration issue hit a crisis under the previous administration, despite all the crap about "the wall", due to essentially knee-capping the processors and administrative courts.
I have seen calls for the mayors of cities getting bombarded, to start coordinating with nearby cities to help alleviate the issue as we all know how and where these people are being bussed, is strictly done for spite. I think realistically what has happened was that between the pandemic and recent increase in gun violence in the urban areas, the immigration thing has been kicked down to a far lower priority to deal with.
although I think sometimes (and it may take time) that evil comes back at them (as karma).
We are already seeing some of that going on right now with a particular TX ass - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217941194
