Adams says NYC shelters at ‘breaking point’ after thousands of migrant arrivalsBy Nolan Hicks
September 14, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that the Big Apple’s landmark “right to shelter” policy must be “reassessed” as the arrival of thousands of migrants pushes the city safety net to “its breaking point.”
City Hall says that “nearly 11,000” people have streamed up from the southern border over the course of the summer and been initially placed in the city’s sprawling and scandal-scarred shelter system.
“In this new and unforeseen reality, where we expect thousands more to arrive every week going forward, the city’s system is nearing its breaking point,” Adams said in the statement.
“As a result, the city’s prior practices, which never contemplated the bussing of thousands of people into New York City, must be reassessed.”
Adams’ statement never explicitly mentioned the right to shelter but the practices he seeks to “reassess” are driven by the four-decades-old court settlement between the Coalition for the Homeless and the administration of then-Mayor Ed Koch. It requires City Hall to provide a bed in a habitable facility to every homeless New Yorker, which laid the groundwork for the modern shelter system.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/mayor-adams-says-nyc-shelters-cant-handle-migrant-crush/
