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Migrant Crisis

Asylum seeker operations interim director Molly Schaeffer testifies on the cost of housing migrants during a City Council hearing.
Posted inAdams World: Investigated

Subpoena of Asylum Seeker Office Head Points to Widening Federal Probe of Adams Confidants

Sept. 20, 2024, 3:51 p.m.Sept. 20, 2024, 6:29 p.m.
Molly Schaeffer, who heads the city’s Asylum Seeker Operations office, was in regular with mayoral advisor Timothy Pearson, whose phone was seized by federal investigators earlier this month.
Ecuadorian migrant, Anna, sells lunch to construction workers near Grand Central Terminal.
Posted inWork

Bite by Bite, Migrant Women Help Fuel a Burgeoning Lunch Business at Manhattan Construction Sites

Sept. 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Sept. 18, 2024, 5:49 p.m.
Often living in shelters, they serve as an unregulated sales force for Latin American meals cooked after hours at restaurants, pizzerias and backyard kitchens across the city.
An arrow security worker stands guard near a back entrance for the Candler Building migrant shelter in Times Square.
Posted inHealth and Hospitals

Security Firm Billed for Hundreds of Eight-Hour Shifts at Migrant Shelters. Internal Records Tell a Different Story.

Aug. 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Aug. 25, 2024, 10:27 a.m.
Daily logs reviewed by THE CITY show Arrow Security staff often recorded working less than a complete shift, but the firm billed taxpayers for full days under a $140 million contract.
Maria Zenaida Rada displays a pictures of Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano, who was fatally shot in a park near the Hall Street migrant shelter.
Posted inCourts

Brooklyn DA Hits Former Parks Worker With Hate Crime Charge in Migrant Killing

Aug. 21, 2024, 6:12 p.m.Aug. 22, 2024, 12:13 p.m.
Prosecutors allege Elijah Mitchell murdered Arturo Jose Rodriguez-Marcano because of an angry confrontation days earlier and a simmering animosity towards the city’s “new arrivals.”
Migrant families enter the Roosevelt Hotel.
Posted inHomelessness

State Greenlights NYC Evicting More Migrant Families From Shelters

Aug. 20, 2024, 2:15 p.m.Aug. 20, 2024, 5:06 p.m.
Residents of facilities overseen by the city Department of Homeless Services will start receiving notices they must leave after 60 days. But there are important exceptions.
A group of migrants have been camping out near a temporary shelter on Randalls Island.
Posted inHomeless Shelters

City Hall, Evicting More Migrants, Says ‘Encampments Will be Addressed’

Aug. 13, 2024, 8:03 p.m.Aug. 15, 2024, 11:16 a.m.
People denied a cot can still accept a free bus ticket out of town, Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff said on Tuesday.
A group of migrants have been camping out near a temporary shelter on Randalls Island.
Posted inMigrant Crisis

Migrants Ejected From Island Mega-Shelter Set Up Camp Outside

Aug. 7, 2024, 3:06 p.m.Aug. 8, 2024, 10:45 a.m.
A growing number of people are now living in tents and under tarps.
Venezuelan migrant Darwin cuts another migrant's hair outside a Brooklyn shelter.
Posted inMigrant Crisis

Want Another Chance at Shelter? Apply for Asylum, Migrants Learn the Hard Way

June 21, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 20, 2024, 8:54 p.m.
A March court settlement created a new and confusing process for migrants seeking to extend shelter stays beyond 30 days, but a state law seems to have limited its impact.
Debbie Dangerfield holds a sign questioning Councilmember Crystal Hudson’s absence from a Clinton Hill community meeting about the Hall Street migrant shelter.
Posted inMigrant Crisis

Hundreds Pack Clinton Hill Town Hall About ‘Frustrating, Disastrous’ Migrant Mega Shelter

May 7, 2024, 12:43 p.m.May 8, 2024, 4:14 p.m.
What had been a sleepy post-industrial block is now home to thousands of migrants spread across multiple buildings in the “largest concentration of migrants outside of Randall's Island.”
The St. Brigid shelter re-ticketing site in the East Village has seen decreased lines since new rules have made it difficult for single men to extend their stay.
Posted inHomeless Shelters

Migrants and Advocates Brace for New Rules Governing Shelter Spots

April 26, 2024, 5:00 a.m.April 25, 2024, 6:14 p.m.
Adult migrants without children will have to prove that “extenuating circumstances” warrant another shelter placement, or that they’ve made “significant efforts” to move out — but it’s far from clear how the new system will work.

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