Dec. 10, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ office announced Tuesday that the city will close the controversial migrant shelter at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, along with numerous other sites, over the next couple of months amid a rapid decline in new arrivals. The 2,000-bed tent shelter, which sits on a decommissioned federal…
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Advocates pen letter blasting Mayor Adams’ legal motion to suspend right-to-shelter
May. 30, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Homeless advocates penned a letter to a Manhattan Supreme Court judge opposing Mayor Eric Adams’ recent legal motion calling for the suspension of the city’s decades-old right-to-shelter law amid the ongoing migrant influx.
NYC has ‘done its share,’ Mayor Adams insists while defending request to exempt city from right-to-shelter protections amid migrant crisis
May. 24, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams rebuffed on Wednesday criticisms of his administration filing a legal motion with a Manhattan judge late Tuesday afternoon to suspend the city’s right-to-shelter requirements amid the ongoing migrant influx, saying the city has “done its share” and is asking for “clarity” from the court. With…
Mayor Adams faces backlash after signing executive order halting parts of right-to-shelter law before expected migrant surge
May. 11, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams is facing sharp criticism Thursday from fellow city pols and advocates after he signed on Wednesday night an executive order suspending parts of the city’s longstanding right-to-shelter law ahead of a new migrant surge following the expiration of federal Title 42. The executive order —…