City Hall says it has not yet begun implementing assessments of the “extenuating circumstances” that could earn newly arrived immigrants an extended shelter stay under a recent legal settlement.
The Post spoke to a handful of asylum seekers outside an intake center in the East Village on Tuesday after it was revealed fewer than 2% of migrants there were willing to relocate to another city or state after maxing out their 30-day shelter stay.
Of the roughly 1,600 asylum seekers who flock to the city's East Village intake center each day, an average of just 30 per day have been willing to relocate to another city or state, according to data obtained by Gothamist from the city's emergency management agency.
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