A staggering 121 New York City hotels accounting for more than 16,000 rooms have been taken off the market and converted into shelters for migrants raising concerns that the shrinkage in available rooms is contributing to higher room rates for tourists.
The thousands of people living in shelters set up by the city, which has received nearly 200,000 immigrants since 2022, denounce the lack of a long-term plan. Since last week, the situation has worsened with cuts to the maximum length of stay
Reporter and Muckraker.com founder Anthony Rubin detailed the "shocking" stories he uncovered from the inside of three New York's migrant shelters.
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NYC is in the midst of an unexpected migrant crisis. This FOX 5 NY special, “Migrants in America," chronicles the daily struggles of NYC migrants in their own words.