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.
As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices "to make alternate arrangement" to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are being offered to single migrants 23 and younger.
The legislation would prohibit policies that limit the length of homeless shelter stays aimed at halting the Adams administration's 30 and 60-day shelter notices for newly arrived immigrants.
The first evictions of migrant families with children under City Hall's 60-day shelter policy began on Jan. 9. Since then, about 1,600 families have been forced to leave their shelters after their time expired, while another 7,200 have been given 60-day notices that will expire in the weeks to come.
Those at the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC) on Randall's Island told City Limits they’ve been seeing and hearing the telltale signs of cold and flu season: more coughing and nose-blowing in recent months at the site.