New York City is 'reassessing' longstanding procedures that stem from a law requiring the city to shelter undomiciled people.
September 15, 2022, 11:36 AMWith the Unisphere from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair in the background, New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks to the issue of asylum seekers sent from Texas to New York during a press conference held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City, N.Y., Aug. 8, 2022.New York City is "reassessing" longstanding procedures that stem from a law requiring the city to shelter undomiciled people.
McGuire declined to elaborate what, specifically, might need to change but the city's prior practices involving mainly people experiencing homelessness "never contemplated the bussing of thousands of people into New York," Mayor Adams said earlier this week. "We expect thousands more to arrive every week going forward. The city's system is nearing its breaking point.
"They're not letting us know what are the needs of the people on the bus. They're not giving us any information, so we're unable to really provide service to the people en route,"The mayor and his chief counsel have each stressed the city is not reneging on the obligation to shelter itself, which the courts have guaranteed for three dozen years.
"@NYCMayor challenging the right to shelter is dangerous. Without this right tens of thousands of people will be on the street," the Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center wrote on Twitter.