With schools opening their doors to migrant children, it has reportedly created little to no space for the students to use science equipment and music instruments.
In a letter to a judge, the city asked to weaken a more than 40-year-old court ruling that mandates New York City provide shelter to anyone who requests it. The city is citing the overwhelming influx of migrants."No mayor in the history of New York had to deal with the number of people in our shelter system like me," Adams said.
Many advocates and city council members are firing back against the mayor’s action, saying "right to shelter law" is what has kept homeless New Yorkers off the streets.According to Mayor Eric Adams, more than 70,000 migrants have arrived in the Big Apple over recent months, and 42,000 are still under city care.
"I'm shaken up by the announcement about rolling back all of the efforts that many people here have made to get us to where we are today," council member Jennifer Gutierrez said. "The right to shelter is a simple language that says we no one should have to be in the streets. We are raising the bar of what it means to be housed and be a compassionate city."
The city has tried to transfer asylum seekers to neighboring counties to help cope with the influx, but the move was met with intense pushback.that I have read and agree
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