Migrant Crisis

Asylum seekers are being sent to New York City with hopes of a new, better life — but finding obstacle after obstacle instead.

migrant crisis Nov 12

Controversial tent city shelter opens to migrant families in NYC

The controversial shelter in Brooklyn hit a snag when the first buses rolled in over the weekend. News 4’s Ida Siegal reports.

New York Nov 1

NYC Mayor Eric Adams addresses migrant crisis concerns
migrant crisis Nov 1

Adams, big city mayors seek Biden meeting on how to better manage arriving migrants

migrant crisis Oct 27

New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town

New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center” in Manhattan whe...
migrant crisis Oct 24

Mayor Adams: Migrants Will Be Sleeping on the Street

Mayor Adams said that New Yorkers should prepare to see what running out of room looks like when it comes to the migrant crisis. Melissa Russo reports.
migrant crisis Oct 23

Rockland County says landlords are packing migrant families into homes for profits

A town in Rockland County is cracking down on property management companies and absentee owners looking to make money off the migrant crisis. The town of Clarkstown is going after those who are illega...
migrant crisis Oct 17

NYC limiting migrant families with children to 60-day shelter stays to ease strain

Authorities said they will begin sending 60-day notices to migrant families with children in shelters, though they could reapply for housing if they’re unable to find a new place to live....

migrant crisis Oct 13

Gov. Hochul backs suspension of ‘right to shelter' as migrant influx strains NYC

The shelter requirement has been in place for more than four decades in New York City.
migrant crisis Oct 4

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter' after more than four decades

New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it. The city’s shelter system is straining under a large influx of international migrants who have arrived since last year. The city filed a request late Tusday asking a court to allow it to suspend the requirement when there.....
migrant crisis Oct 4

The fight to suspend New York City's right-to-shelter mandate

Residents and officials debate if New York City should suspend their right-to-shelter obligation. Melissa Russo reports.
migrant crisis Oct 2

Mayor Eric Adams to talk with migrants in Central America

After Gov. Hochul announced that several thousand jobs are ready for eligible asylum seekers to fill, Mayor Adams said that he’s heading south of the border to convince migrants not to come. Melissa Russo reports.
migrant crisis Sep 29

‘NYC cannot help you': City passing out flyers to migrants to discourage more arrivals

The city is spreading a new message to asylum seekers who may be thinking about heading to New York City: don’t do it. That message is the theme of a flyer which City Hall has shared with community organizations and the federal government as well. They also plan to distribute the flyers at migrant shelters in the city. “There...
migrant crisis Sep 29

NYC distributing flyers to asylum seekers

The Adams Administration has begun handing out flyers to migrants to discourage new arrivals. Andrew Siff reporting.
migrant crisis Sep 28

After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis

For more than a year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants from the southern U.S. border to places like New York, Washington and Chicago. The local authorities have said the influx of homeless, jobless newcomers is unsustainable. Speaking at a conservative think tank in New York Wednesday, the Republican Abbott agreed it was “unsustainab...
migrant crisis Sep 27

‘Status quo is not working:' Adams keeps pushing to change NYC right to shelter rules

The news came hours after a different judge on Staten Island said there is no right to shelter in New York and no emergency that necessitates housing migrants in an empty school building in the borough.
migrant crisis Sep 27

Mayor Adams wants to change right to shelter rules

The city is still trying to get out from under its right to shelter laws. Melissa Russo reports.
nyc migrant crisis Sep 26

Cost of protected status applications may block work authorization for migrants: City Hall

Just days after the White House granted Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelans who arrived in the country prior to July 2023, sources tell NBC New York that high TPS application fees and a cumbersome waiver process will block penniless asylum seekers from their work authorizations.
migrant crisis Sep 21

Biden grants protected status for Venezuelan migrants

President Biden answered growing calls to use his power to help migrants living in NYC shelters to work sooner. News 4’s Melissa Russo reports.
migrant crisis Sep 18

30 migrants found living in unsafe conditions at Rockland County home

Investigators in New York say a tip led them to dozens of undocumented immigrants living inside a single-family home in Rockland County apparently bussed to town from New York City. A Cape Cod-style home in New City now at the center of the probe is zoned for a single family, but looks can be deceiving based on what officials said…
migrant crisis Oct 19

30 migrants found living in unsafe conditions at Rockland County home

Officials in Rockland County are alleging possible human trafficking after they received information about a particular single-family home with more than 30 undocumented people from South America, including several children, living in unsafe conditions. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

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