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Migrant Crisis

Large tents sheltered migrant families at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.
Posted inMigrant Crisis

Friends and Foes Renew Push to Close Floyd Bennett Migrant Shelter Ahead of Trump Inauguration

Nov. 25, 2024, 5:02 p.m.Nov. 26, 2024, 1:50 p.m.
The 2,000-person tent residence for migrant families is the only emergency shelter on federal land. Critics across the political spectrum are renewing efforts to pressure the city to close it in the wake of the election.
People hang outside the Hall Street migrant shelter in Brooklyn.
Posted inMigrant Crisis

City Hall Moves to Wind Down Separate Shelter System for Migrants

Nov. 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Nov. 21, 2024, 6:55 p.m.
The plan comes after two years of operating an ad hoc “shadow system” of separate shelters for migrants.
Kelly Gonzalez seated at City Hall with her elbows on the table and hands in front of her chest speaks into a microphone.
Posted inImmigrants

One in Six Children in Migrant Shelters With Time Limits Have Left the City School System

Nov. 19, 2024, 5:13 p.m.Nov. 19, 2024, 6:01 p.m.
At a City Council hearing, migrants testified that disruption is a constant for families and kids subject to 60-day caps on stays.
Migrants arriving at Port Authority were placed on buses to city shelters.
Posted inHow to New York

What Is a Sanctuary City and What Does That Mean for NYC Under Trump?

Nov. 15, 2024, 4:42 p.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Here’s a guide to the policies that together define a “sanctuary city” — and what that could mean during a potential mass deportation effort.
Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro speaks at City Hall about the presidential election results.
Posted inCity Hall

Adams Seeks to Calm Deportation Fears of Trump Presidency

Nov. 6, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 3:17 p.m.
The president elect has promised mass deportations, but New York is still a sanctuary city and officials said they don’t want to stir anxieties.
Miguel Banes, right in red, and Carlos Pérez said while sitting outside the Hall Street migrant shelter that they were worried about what life might be like under a Trump presidency.
Posted inImmigration

NYC Migrants Dread Election Day as Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation

Nov. 1, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 31, 2024, 9:36 p.m.
Residents at one of the city’s largest migrant shelters spoke to living with a “state of uncertainty” as Trump rails against immigrants.
Venezuelan artist Roger Miranda had some of his recent work displayed at a makeshift gallery inside the Hall Street migrant shelter.
Posted inImmigration

Migrant Artists Find Light in the Darkness at Brooklyn Shelter

Oct. 15, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 15, 2024, 11:03 a.m.
Two visual artists from South America are displaying their work at the Clinton Hill shelter they’re living in.
Posted inMigrant Crisis

Randall’s Island Tents Are Coming Down, City Says, but 60,000 Migrants Remain in Shelters 

Oct. 9, 2024, 6:52 p.m.Oct. 9, 2024, 9:32 p.m.
After a devastating few weeks, embattled Mayor Eric Adams has a new narrative: “We’re not scrambling every day to open new shelters — we’re talking about closing them.”
Mayor Eric Adams' advisor Tim Pearson, right, walked away from the Midtown Touro migrant shelter after security guards tried to refuse him entry.
Posted inShelters

Security Guards Sue Former Adams Advisor Tim Pearson for Shelter Attack

Oct. 7, 2024, 1:30 p.m.Oct. 10, 2024, 1:01 p.m.
“Bitch, do you know who I am?” Pearson shouted at one employee before throwing her to the ground, the lawsuit alleges.
Tim Pearson attends Edward Caban NYPD commissioner swearing-in ceremony outside the 40th Precinct in the South Bronx.
Posted inAdams World: Investigated

Tim Pearson, Adams Aide Under Federal Probe, Blocked Services to Migrants as City Shelters Swelled

Sept. 22, 2024, 1:36 p.m.Sept. 22, 2024, 9:54 p.m.
Pearson’s intervention hampered efforts to help migrants get work papers. His communications with an official in charge of asylum-seeker operations, Molly Schaeffer, are the subject of a new subpoena.

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